Gallery – Historical Borderlands

Father. mother and 2 sisters are all on the far left.

Before WWII

Poland

Irena’s parents and 2 elder sisters, 1904

Before WWII

Poland

Olena Nyzhankisky family - Olena is last on the right, in the middle row.

Before WWII

Poland

Felix (first left in cadet uniform)

Irene Tomaszewski

Before WWII

Poland

Felix (first left in cadet uniform)

Irene Tomaszewski

Before WWII

Poland

1690 Map of Poland

Zbyszek (Bob) Styrna

Before WWII

Poland

Kolonia Rozowola, Pow. Zloczow, Woj. Tarnopolskie, Poland - Styrna family Wioska/Village

Zbyszek (Bob) Styrna

Poland

Stępek family, circa 1898-9

Martin Stepek

Before WWII

Poland

Haczow

Postcard from Wladyslaw in Krakow, 1st May 1916

Martin Stepek

Before WWII

Poland

Ciupka family, circa 1904-5

Martin Stepek

Before WWII

Poland

Józef, Stanisław, Bronisław, Genia and Genowefa at Sienkiewicze. The formally posed photograph of, perhaps, 1931 is meant to portray a reasonally well-to-do family in a comfortable setting.

Janusz Michalak

Before WWII

Poland

Sienkiewicze

Józef Michalak became an officer in the Polish Legion led by Piłsudski and General Haller fighting the Germans.He also became J. Majewski (possibly Jan) in case he should be captured and recognised as a deserter.

Janusz Michalak

Before WWII

Austro-hungary

Józef Michalak became an officer in the Polish Legion led by Piłsudski and General Haller fighting the Germans.He also became J. Majewski (possibly Jan) in case he should be captured and recognised as a deserter.

Janusz Michalak

Before WWII

Austro-hungary

Józef Michalak became an officer in the Polish Legion led by Piłsudski and General Haller fighting the Germans.He also became J. Majewski (possibly Jan) in case he should be captured and recognised as a deserter.

Janusz Michalak

Before WWII

Austro-hungary

Oświadczenie małżeństwa Stanisława Jawdyka i Józefy Kałahurskiej, rodzice żołnierza Stanisława

Katarzyna Kołt

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Oświadczenie małżeństwa Stanisława Jawdyka i Józefy Kałahurskiej, rodzice żołnierza Stanisława

Katarzyna Kołt

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy during WW2. This is a document from the Prussian Navy dated 1919.

Wanda Troman

Before WWII

Polish navy

Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy during WW2. This is a document from the Prussian Navy dated 1919.

Wanda Troman

Before WWII

Polish navy

Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy during WW2. This is a document from the Prussian Navy, dated 1919.

Wanda Troman

Before WWII

Polish navy

Waldemar's father and grandparents, in Wilno, 10 March 1917

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Wilno, 10 March 1917

Before WWII

Photo taken circa 1906 when Mieczyslaw was doing compulsory military service in the Russian Tsarist Army

Barbara Ryszkowska

Before WWII

Russia

Other

They were both descendants of Polish insurgents, who took part in the 1863 Uprising (Powstania Styczniowe) against the Russian Empire and were deported to Siberia. Photo taken in Kiev circa 1918.

Barbara Ryszkowska

Before WWII

Ukraine

Kiev

They were both descendants of Polish insurgents, who took part in the 1863 Uprising (Powstania Styczniowe) against the Russian Empire and were deported to Siberia. Photo taken in Kiev circa 1918.

Barbara Ryszkowska

Before WWII

Ukraine

Kiev

Lipinski Mother During WWI

Romuald Lipinski

Before WWII

Poland

Topor (Ryszkowski) – Coat of Arms

Barbara Ryszkowska

Before WWII

Poland

Labedz (Misiewicz) – Coat of Arms

Barbara Ryszkowska

Before WWII

Poland

Registration document 1

V.U Skalov

Before WWII

Russia

Jekaterynburga, Siberia

Document 2

V.U Skalov

Before WWII

Russia

Jekaterynburga, Siberia

65 Pulk Piechoty Pomorskiej w Grudziadzu 1930-1934 Aleksander Prociuk was a General or Colonel in the Polish Army, taken POW by the Germans in Sept 1939. His wife Katarzyna and two children were deported to Kazakhstan.

Halina Prociuk

Before WWII

Poland

September 1939 Campaign