Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

Polish Navy officers/cadets on training ship ORP Iskra in 1937. Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escaping to the UK on ORP Burza. During the war he also served on MGB S3 and ORP Błyskawica and cruiser Dragon, retiring a full commander.

Wanda Lesisz

Before WWII

Polish navy

Polish Navy cadets on ORP General Haller in 1938. Haller was a Filin-class guardship built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was sunk during the Polish defensive campaign on 6th September 1939. From left L Zaborski; J Górny; T Lesisz, S Żochowski. Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escaping to the UK on ORP Burza. During the war he also served on MGB S3 and ORP Błyskawica and cruiser Dragon, retiring a full commander.

Wanda Lesisz

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Jozef's portrait when he was serving his compulsory military service, Eastern Borderlands, Poland, c1932

Krystyna Szypowska

Before WWII

Poland

Michal's portrait on graduating from the Officer Cadet school in Konin, (Eastern Borderlands) Poland, c1936

Krystyna Szypowska

Before WWII

Poland

Konin

Pawel & Marysia Świryd

Marisa Zammit-Charlinski

Poland

Junak Officer Cadet School

Feliksa Adach, mother of Jan or Janek Karol Adach [Husband or location before the war unknown]

Feliksa Adach

Before WWII

Poland

Unknown

Alekszander in Polish Army 1933-1935

Stephen Stelmaszuk

Before WWII

Poland

Warszawka 1928. This photo comes from Barbara Kwietniowski, whose grandfather was Jozef Kuryś. The man in the back row at the far right is my own grandfather, Lucjan Wiśniowski. On the reverse of the photo card is written, in the handwriting of Jozef Kuryś: "dnia 22 III 1928, Warszawka." [22 March 1928, Warszawka] Barbara Kwietniowski writes: "Tadeusz Kuryś (my father) identified the following people from the photograph: - Third from the right at the back - Jóƒzef Kuryś (his father); - At the very left at the back - Wicherek - Józef's wife's stepfather (Józef's wife was Ludwika Piastka, she had two sisters in the US); - 2nd Row, 2nd from the left - Aleksander Kwolek; - Front Row, 2nd from the left - Gurgacz (godfather to someone in our family, but he couldn't remember who); - Front row on the right - Rosiek (with grey hair).

Barbara Kwietniowski

Before WWII

Poland

Warszawka, Brody, Sznyrów, Klokotów & Dorocin, Tarnopol

From National Service in 13th Wilno Tatar Cavalry Regiment. Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz collection. Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones i Zofia Wierzbicka 13. Pułku Ułanów Wilno: Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones i Zofia Wierzbicka

Xenia Jacoby

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)

Military service in Nowa-Wilejka 1938. 13th "Tartar" Wilno Cavalry Regiment. Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz collection. Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones & Zofia Wierzbicka

Xenia Jacoby

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Military service in Nowa-Wilejka 1938. 13th "Tartar" Wilno Cavalry Regiment. Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz collection. Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones & Zofia Wierzbicka

Xenia Jacoby

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

National service pre WW2, 13th Wilno Tatar Cavalry Regiment. Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz collection. Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones & Zofia Wierzbicka

Xenia Jacoby

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Postcard of Postawy

Wiktoria Bielicka

Before WWII

Poland

Postawy

With students from the Technical school in Wilno, prior to his arrest.

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

With students from the Technical school in Wilno, prior to his arrest.

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

With student from the Technical school in Wilno, kayaking on the Wilia River near Wilno.

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

With student from the Technical school in Wilno, kayaking on the Wilia River near Wilno.

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Stanislaw Tarazewicz in Wilno – July 1939

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Stanislaw Tarazewicz in Wilno – July 1939

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

In English "Batiar heart". Batiar was an archetypal Lwów character , a good hearted ruffian derived from the hungarian "Betiar" a Robin Hood type figure. the song would have been the title song for the 3rd Szczepko and Tońko comedy film planned for 1939 but never made due to World War 2 the songwriter died in the Holocaust, see http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?page_id=19&lang=en&text=schlechter&id=157577

Zosia Biegus

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Ten Drogi Lwow by W Budzynski

Zosia Biegus

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Ta joj ta Lwów (part 1)

Zosia Biegus

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Ta joj ta Lwów (part 2)

Zosia Biegus

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

"My heart remains in Lwów"

Zosia Biegus

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

This photo was taken prior to WW2 when my Father had completed his military service in Poland.

Stan Gazdowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Franciszek Prusinski - These ID papers " Dowd Osobisty" belonged to my Great Grandfather on my Mother's side of the family. My Mothers Father brought these papers to New Zealand with him. They were issued in Poland in 1936

Stan Gazdowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Franciszek Prusinski - These ID papers " Dowd Osobisty" belonged to my Great Grandfather on my Mother's side of the family. My Mothers Father brought these papers to New Zealand with him. They were issued in Poland in 1936

Stan Gazdowicz

Before WWII

Poland

My Great Grandfather - This is a photo of my Great Grandfather Franciszek Prusinski, taken in 1936. He was born in 1878 and died in Siberia some time between 1940-1942 (my mother was to young to remember the exact date).

Stan Gazdowicz

Before WWII

Poland

My Great Grandfather - This is a photo of my Great Grandfather Franciszek Prusinski, taken in 1936. He was born in 1878 and died in Siberia some time between 1940-1942 (my mother was to young to remember the exact date).

Stan Gazdowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Photo taken in Paris when Zoffia was working for a wealthy manufacturer as a kitchen maid. Approx 19 years old

Stefania Sondej

Before WWII

France

Paris