Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

Nieswies group, 1937

Richard Starostecki

Before WWII

Poland

Nieswies

Nieswies, 1937 – back of photo

Richard Starostecki

Before WWII

Poland

Nieswies

Front: Jurek, Romek, Saba, Zosia, Irena. Back: Witek, Nusia

Richard Starostecki

Before WWII

Poland

Pre-war group in Poland, 1938

Richard Starostecki

Before WWII

Poland

Konstantynego, 1938

Richard Starostecki

Before WWII

Poland

Criminal Investigations office in Przemysl. Franciszek Turkiewicz (seated on the right)

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Przemysl, Lwow

Franciszek Turkiewicz and his son Ryszard

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Przemysl, Lwow

Ryszard Turkiewicz, age 3

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Franciszek Turkiewicz, Przemysl State Police ID

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Przemysl

Handwritten application by Karol Turkiewicz, 1938

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Franciszek Turkiewicz Police ID photo

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Przemysl

Karol, Franciszek, Miecsyslaw, Louis

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Przemysl

Polish Police ID

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Przemysl

Franciszek Turkiewicz in Police Uniform

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Franciszek, Bronislawa, Ryszard & Marta

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

My father, Wladyslaw Pacewicz. Communion in Rowne, Wolyn before WW2 - probably around 1935. He was deported to Kazakhstan on 13th April 1940 with his mother and sister. His father Jan Pacewicz was murdered in the Katyn Massacres. After release from USSR Wladyslaw served in the Polish Navy.

Wladyslaw Pacewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Rowne, Wolyn

Polish navy

My babcia Julia Pacewicz nee Paradowska born Krzemieniec 1900. She was deported to Kazakhstan on 13th April 1940 from Rowne with two of her children Wladyslaw (my father) and Jadwiga. Her eldest son Jozef missed the arrest and was not allowed on the cattle wagon with them. Julia's husband (my grandfather) Jan Pacewicz, PP, was murdered in the Katyn massacre. After release from the USSR with Anders Army, Julia was a refugee in Koja, East Africa and settled in the UK in 1948.

Anna Pacewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Krzemieniec

Jadwiga Kedzierska (nee Pacewicz) - sister to my father Wladyslaw Pacewicz. She was born in 1924 and brought up in Rowne, Wołyn. This photograph is pre WW2 and her deportation to Siberia.

Anna Pacewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Rowne, Wolyn

Women's Army Auxiliary Service

Police Constable, Rowne constabulary (killed Katyn - Kiev/Bykownia 1940), shown with his eldest son Joseph Pacewicz

Anna Pacewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Rowne, Wolyn

Ludmila – pre-war photo 2

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Ludmila – pre-war photo 3

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Ludmila’s pre-war ID

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni’s mother, Ludmila, before the war

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Mother, Ludmila, with her mother

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni with his father, Romuald

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni’s father, Romuald in uniform

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Baby Antoni in carriage

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni’s Grandparents and Great-Grandparents - From Left to Right: Babcia Helena holding Mieczyslaw, Mimene (?), girl (?), Grandfather holding a child (?), Stefania, Tadeusz, Great Grandmother, Girl (?), Great Grandfather, Bronislaw (Helena's brother), Maria Kleer (Helena's sister).

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Baby Antoni and mother

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Grandfather Jasinski - Antoni's maternal grandfather.

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland