Gallery – Interwar Borderlands
Adam Jurczyński 1
Adam Jurczyński 1
Adam Jurczyński
After WWII
Poland
Stanislaw Kacperek 1933
Polish Army Service 1933 Formal portrait. Possibly in Kozenice.
Andrzej Kacperek
Before WWII
Poland
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
NE Poland Stanislaw Kacperek (in uniform). 1938
SK with pigeons (his hobby!) in winter
Andrzej Kacperek
Before WWII
Poland
Lida, Nowogrodskie
NE Poland Stanislaw Kacperek (in police uniform) 1938
See writing on photo reverse. Probably where he was billeted.
Andrzej Kacperek
Before WWII
Poland
Lida, Nowogrodskie
NE Poland S.Kacperek 1938
Back of photo. Comments of where photo taken.
Andrzej Kacperek
Before WWII
Poland
Nowogrodskie
Winter/snow training with frontier police 1938
In the region around Lida in N.E. Poland - Stanislaw Kacperek is third from left.
Andrzej Kacperek
Before WWII
Poland
Lida, Nowogrodskie
Visiting Kozenice on leave from Police Service 1938
Stanislaw Kacperek on right in uniform. Sister Maria on left. Central two persons unknown. '1938' is on photo reverse.
Andrzej Kacperek
Before WWII
Poland
Kozenice, Radomskie
Chłopy Cegielka
Chłopy Cegielka
Władysław Mihułka
Before WWII
Poland
Chłopy, Lwówskie
Franciszek and Katarzyna Mihulka
The parents of Kazimierz Mihulka in pre-war Kresy.
Władysław Mihułka
Before WWII
Poland
Chłopy, Lwówskie
Chlopy Church
This is Probably the church where my father Kazimierz was Babtised and family records were kept
Lukasz Piasek
Before WWII
Poland
Chlopy, Kamarno / Lwowskie, Rudki
Dawidkowce Painting by Stanislaw Batowski
Stanislaw Batowski
Ken Fedzin
Poland
Dawidkowce, Czortkow, Tarnopolskie
Leon Fedzin Circa 1925-30
Leon Fedzin Circa 1925-30
Ken Fedzin
Before WWII
Poland
Dawidkowce, Czortkow, Tarnopolskie
Dad circa 1937
Dad circa 1937
Ken Fedzin
Poland
Dawidkowce, Czortkow, Tarnopolskie
Krystyna in Krzemieniec in 1938
Krystyna in front of the Parish Church in Krzemieniec
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
Krystyna at łazienki in Warszawa in July 1939
Krystyna's parents took their 6 year old daughter on a trip to show her the main cities of Poland in July 1939 but the trip was cut short because of persistent rumours of war. Here she is at Łazienki in Warszawa.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Warszawa
Photo of the city of Krzemieniec, Wołyn
The famous city of Krzemieniec in Wołyn province. Photo shows the hill top fort of Góra Bony which is the highest point in the city. In the foreground there is a view of the Liceum. The Liceum building housed a primary school, a secondary school, a technical college and a teacher's training college.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
Krystyna
Krystyna living in Krzymieniec before the outbreak of WW2.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
Krystyna
Krystyna living in Krzymieniec before the outbreak of WW2. Krystyna liked to dress up in her mother's hat and fox fur shawl.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
All Souls Day, Krzemieniec
Krystyna, her mother and aunt are on the way to put flowers on the graves of relatives in Krzymieniec. They are carrying chrysanthemums which were the flowers used traditionally at the time.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
A scene from town of Krzymieniec
Stanisława is walking down a street in Krzymieniec. Typical housing can be viewed in the background.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
Krystyna at fancy dress party
Children in Krzymieniec dressed in fancy dress.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
Korpus Krysti procession in Krzymieniec
Krystyna and two other girls dressed in white holding little baskets of flower petals ready to spread them on the ground in front of the priest carrying the Monstrance.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
Krystyna’s Class 1 in Krzemieniec
Krystyna's first year at school in Krzemieniec
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Poland
Krzymieniec, Wołyn
Brandwica, Posanie, 1933
Feliks Wojciech Jan in front_Michal Jan Katarzyna Tadeusz in back_
Krysia Kolodziej
Before WWII
Poland
Julianka, 1937
LtoR: Wojciech holding bull, Michal holding horses with Jan and Tadeusz mounted, and Katarzyna sitting with her father Kazimierz Kusinski. Feliks was at school and not pictured here.
Krysia Kolodziej
Before WWII
Poland
Elżbieta in Poland, 1936
Elżbieta in Poland, 1936
Elżbieta Watrach
Before WWII
Poland
Bogumila and Henryk Zych – Blizyn, Poland 1929
Bogumila and Henryk Zych – Blizyn, Poland 1929
Robert Komar
Before WWII
Poland
Bogumila and Henryk Zych – Blizyn, Poland late1920s
Bogumila and Henryk Zych – Blizyn, Poland late1920s
Robert Komar
Before WWII
Poland
Bogumila and Henryk Zych – Blizyn, Poland 1929
Bogumila and Henryk Zych – Blizyn, Poland 1929
Robert Komar
Before WWII
Poland
Bogumila – Poland 1928
Bogumila – Poland 1928
Robert Komar
Before WWII
Poland