Gallery – German & Soviet Invasion
German ships sunk by ORP Zbik
Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from 25th September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This article shows the German ships that ORP Zbik sank in the Baltic during the September campaign, before her internment in Sweden.
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Poland
Gdynia
Polish navy
Position of Polish submarines 1939
Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys were interned in Sweden in September 1939. Sub Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski, Andrzej Sadowski's father, served as Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This shows the Worek Plan, the positioning of the Polish submarines in the Baltic in 1939.
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Poland
Baltic
Polish navy
Position of Polish submarines 1939
Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys were interned in Sweden in September 1939. Sub Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski, Andrzej Sadowski's father, served as Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This shows the Worek Plan, the positioning of the Polish submarines in the Baltic in 1939.
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Poland
Baltic
Polish navy
Pepa Bekier
A Jewish lady and her child, who were hidden at the Franczyk home for a time in 1939/1940.
Genowefa Matkowski
Poland
odpis KA . zgonów wojsowych w Rosji, poz. 475
odpis KA . zgonów wojsowych w Rosji, poz. 475
Information regarding the death details of Stanisław Łojewski in Guzar, Russia. Letter from the local authority of Grajowa in Poland taken from army records.
Private
After WWII
Poland
Grajewo
September 1939 Campaign
Czeslaw Dawid
Czeslaw Dawid In Polish Uniform
Private
Before WWII
Poland
September 1939 Campaign
Czeslaw Dawid
Czeslaw Dawid on right with a "friend".
Private
Before WWII
Poland
Aniela Zak 1899-1942
Aniela Zak nee Dziedziec was the 2nd wife of Jan Zak, the first being Anna Machniak 1886-1925/6? She was my mothers step mother, she had 6 children, the last (Wladyslaw) being born in Siberia 1940 and died in the same year. Only two children Helena & Jozefa survived, but Antoni Jozef & Leon died along with the mother in Siberia in 1942.
Poland
Leszinów
Ipn File - Maria Zak 1924 - Exile to Siencybino Archangel
Maria Zak 1924 - Exile to Siencybino Archangel
Adam Zak 1919-1941
Adam Zak 1919-1941
(son of Jan Zak) Perished in Siberia
Rowne camp
workers at Rowne camp
During WWII
Równe
LAC Ewald ( Edward ) Wawrzyniak
He was in the Polish Airforce in Poznan, then was captured by the Russians and sent to Riowne camp, were he spent 2 years, He joined Anders Army in Totskoye , then to Persia and finally to England He landed in Blackpool in July 1942 his service number was703650 Polish Airforce in England . He was Electrician with ground crew in 304 Squadron then 302 with whom he stayed with in Europe till the end of the war
Young recruit of 17
Young men, boys really, were recruited into the Polish army to counter Russian aggression
personal collection
Before WWII
Poland