Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

He was the last Polish Ambassador to Canada before WWII.

Halina Babinska

Before WWII

Weronika Muszak

Halina Babinska

Before WWII

Poland

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

Halina Miros

Before WWII

Poland

Dąbrowa Colony, Kresy. 20 January 1936.

Apolonia Kojder

Before WWII

Poland

Pre-WWII family home

Halina Kozlowska

During WWII

Poland

Wilno

Józef, Stanisław, Bronisław, Genia and Genowefa at Sienkiewicze. The formally posed photograph of, perhaps, 1931 is meant to portray a reasonally well-to-do family in a comfortable setting.

Janusz Michalak

Before WWII

Poland

Sienkiewicze

Wanda’s mother, Florentyna Szozda, aged about 17, before her marriage

Wanda Gillon

Before WWII

Poland

Skalat

Sitting beside Wiesław are cousins Leszek, and Krystyna Szozda - Skalat, Poland, 1933.

Wanda Gillon

Before WWII

Poland

Skalat

Franciszek Turkiewicz, Przemysl State Police ID

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Przemysl

Stanislaw Tarazewicz in Wilno – July 1939

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Tourism postcard Czarnohora mountains_front

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Stanisławowskie

Julian’s school certificate, 1936-1937

Julian Rybarczyk

Before WWII

Poland

RYSZARD_1937

Helen Bitner

Poland

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

Hucuł (aka Hutsul) -2 of 8 – Czarnohora mountains

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Stanislawow

Lwów_view 2 of 3

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Helena, Genia, Marja Beznowska, Wladyslaw, and brother-in-law. Dłbrowa Colony, Kresy (Poland) 1932.

Apolonia Kojder

Before WWII

Poland

Felix in Poland, before the war

Irene Tomaszewski

Before WWII

Poland

Certificate for the Cross of Valour awarded to Jan Gadomski in 1921

Irena Jankowska

Before WWII

Poland

Jacenty circa 1930s / 40s

Greg Archer Migut

During WWII

Poland

Liczkowce, Ternopil

High school friends includng Bronek Sokolowski and Czesia Klepa

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Mucha Album Pg 2 Photo 4

Krystyna Mucha

Before WWII

Poland

Postcard photo of Witold sent to his brother Henryk Gradzik, dated 14 February 1920.

Dioniza Choros

Before WWII

Poland

Kopaczówka

Stanislaw and Weronika Wedding Photo

Halina Babinska

Before WWII

Poland

Pre-WWII family home

Halina Kozlowska

During WWII

Poland

Wilno

Przyjęcie Stanisława Jadwyka wraz z rodziną do związku gminy miasta Lwowa

Katarzyna Kołt

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Wanda’s mother, Florentyna (right) age about 17, and her sister Stanisława (Stacha), age about 19, Poland.

Wanda Gillon

Before WWII

Poland

Skalat

Handwritten application by Karol Turkiewicz, 1938

Mark Turkiewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Church in the Czarnohora mountains

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Worochta, Nadwórna, Stanisławowskie

Julian’s secondary school class in Poland

Julian Rybarczyk

Before WWII

Poland