Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

Piotr Antoszewski

Allan Antoszewski

Before WWII

Poland

September 1939 Campaign

This is the earliest photograph Hela has of herself from her childhood in Poland. Her parents with her as a baby in her mother’s arms and her sister Tekla, on the right. An aunt is on the left by her father (1928).

Helena Moroz

Before WWII

Poland

Zarudzie, Tarnopol

Helena's ister Anna’s wedding to Jósef Szeliga, not long before war broke out. Maria is on the groom’s left and Jan is next to the priest who is next to Anna. The photo is in front of the family home in Zarudzie.

Helena Moroz

Before WWII

Poland

Zarudzie, Tarnopol

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 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

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

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

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

Anna Pacewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Rowne, Wolyn

6th grade report card - 1935/36 school year

Irena Lowe

Before WWII

Poland

Mraznica, Lwów, Stryj

Adolf Smolnicki birth certificate as witnessed in Poland on 27 July 1994.

Irena Lowe

After WWII

Poland

Warszawa

Photo of Adolf and his younger sister Zosia at their home near Mraznica (now Borysław) in Lwow region in Poland (now Ukraine).

Irena Lowe

Before WWII

Poland

Mraznica, Drohobycz, Lwów

First Communion photo

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Eugeniusz died ca. 1937 of carbon monoxide poisoning: sleeping in the kitchen with the wood-burning stove operating, but inadequate ventilation, he died during the night

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Marysia Zosia and Tadek Sokołowski

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Marysia Zosia and Tadek Sokołowski

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Farm outside of town

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Roman Catholic church

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Roman Catholic church

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

First Communion group photo

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Drohobycz, Lwow

High school friends includng Bronek Sokolowski and Czesia Klepa

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

High school friends includng Bronek Sokolowski and Czesia Klepa

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Hospital – Szpital Powszechny_view 1 of 3

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Śniatyn, Stanislawow

Hospital – Szpital Powszechny_view 1 of 3

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Śniatyn, Stanislawow

Dr. Tadeusz Rosol (center, with child on knee), with staff and patients

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Śniatyn, Stanislawow

Dr. Tadeusz Rosol (center, with child on knee), with staff and patients

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Śniatyn, Stanislawow

Hospital – Szpital Powszechny_view 3 of 3

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Śniatyn, Stanislawow

Howerla Mountain_view 1 of 4

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Stanislawow