Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

Youth group parish church of the Assumption Dzierkowszczyzna powiat Dzisna 1933. Lucian Aksnowicz at age 17, standing top row just left of center

Ron Aksonowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Dzierkowszczyzna Glebokie

Youth group parish church of the Assumption Dzierkowszczyzna Ks. Krawel pastor.

Ron Aksonowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Dzierkowszczyzna Glebokie

Ron Aksonowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Dzierkowszczyzna Glebokie

Strzelec Lucian Aksnowicz, 3rd Batalion Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza, Slobodka Zawierska, Powiat Braslaw. Photo taken in 1938.

Ron Aksonowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Slobodka Zawierska

Badge worn by the Frontier Defence Corps. (Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza)

Ron Aksonowicz

Before WWII

Poland

While the rest of the Polish Army wore the typical four cornered service hat "rogatywka", the Frontier Defence Corps "KOP" wore a round service hat with a navy blue band and yellow piping.

Ron Aksonowicz

Before WWII

Poland

While the 3rd battalion of KOP was deployed at Augustow and the simultaneous invasions were in progress. Lucian Aksnowicz was assigned as a courier to carry documents and letters back to Slobodka Zawierska. Above is a photo of the Wilno railroad station where he was captured and detained by Soviet military. About 2000 Polish soldiers were then marched to a large field near Nowa Wilejka where a separation was made of officers and enlisted personal. Subsequently all were shipped by rail to unknown destinations.

Ron Aksonowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Alexandra's father, Zygmunt Pracki, on the left in 1932 (aged 29 years) - most likely National Service (Airforce)

Alexandra Copley nee Pracki

Before WWII

Poland

From the left, standing, Tekla Rostocka, Maria Woloszyn, NN, Zofia Srebr-Filewicz, Anna Krajnik, NN, NN, NN, NN. Siedzi Maria Mos, Anna Srebr, Maria Horniatko.

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Rogala Coat of Arms Count August Krasicki was an Officer in the Legions of Marshal Piłsudski in WW1. He also fought as a volunteer in the 1920 Polish-Bolshevik war under Piłsudski. He served in the cavalry, the 14th Jazlowiecki Uhlans Regiment, one of the elite regiments of the Polish Army, with the rank of Captain.

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Count Stanisław Krasicki with dead stag at "Lesko", near Sanok prior to WW2

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Sanok

Count August Krasicki (centre, seated) with sons, from left Jan, Antoni, Stanisław and Xawer on the front veranda at "Lesko" castle, Lwow prior to WW2

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Count August Krasicki (seated on the chair, left) in full regimental uniform and his Stanisław in celebration of Stanisław's graduation from the cavalry academy in "Grudziac". Photograph take on the terrace "Lesko" castle 1927. Count August Krasicki was an Officer in the Legions of Marshal Piłsudski. He also fought as a volunteer in the 1920 Polish-Bolshevik war under Piłsudski. He served in the cavalry, the 14th Jazlowiecki Uhlans Regiment, one of the elite regiments of the Polish Army, with the rank of Captain.

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Count August Krasicki painting "Lesko", Lwow prior to WW2

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Conference organised by Count August Krasicki of all the "Wojewodas" (in English Mayors / Governors) or Lwow and all the adjacent districts - held at Lesko Castle. Paweł Garapich, Mayor of Lwow. In the white coat, Maria Michałowska nee Wodzicka, the sister of Izabela Krasicka. The tallest man is Ksawery Krasicki.

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Prince Kazimierz Lubomirski of Przeworska, son of Teresa Wodzicka, cousin of Isabella Wodzicka. His magnificent Rolls Royce. On the right is August Krasicki, in Lesko, at the end of the 1920s.

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Fragment of the ruins of the Castle, circa 1919. This was all that was left of the front façade, which was perpetrated by retreating Russian troops who set the building on fire in 1913.

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Ignacy (Edus) nanny, named Polq, from Vienna. Later known as Mrs. Jankiewicz Lesko.

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Coat of Arms Leliwa of Siecin, Countess Krasicka

Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Halina's parents and siblings in Baranowicze early 1930's

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Families of officers and soldiers, 9 Dywizjon Altyrerii Konnej - Baranowicze Halina's mother in third row from the bottom, first on the right in the white beret

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Halina's father (lying down with the small canon on the right) 1920 Polish - Soviet War

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Halina's father Wladyslaw Kepa (2nd row from the front, 5th from the right) in front of the Army Barracks - 9 Dywizjon Altyrerii Konnej - Baranowicze He fought in the Polish-Bolshevik war

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Halina Miros's mother and sister family in Baranowicze 1937

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Baranowicze

Leopold, brother to Halina Miros, before deportation to Siberia.

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Halina sister in Baranowicze before WW2

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Baranowicze

Halina's parents wedding photo 1922

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Halina's parents

Halina Miros

During WWII

Poland

Halina's father Wladyslaw Kepa, before WW2 with distinctions - za czyn zbrojny w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej, za co zone w 8 miesacu ciazy i 2 dzieci zabrana na sybir

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni Harajda – Ksawery’s father

Izabela Madajska-Kociuba

Before WWII

Poland