Gallery – Interwar Borderlands
Genowefa at First Communion
In Poland, before WWII
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wolyn
Genowefa at First Communion
Genowefa at First Communion
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wolyn
(Polski) Mieczysław Dudaniec z kolegą Jankiem
(Polski)
Ppor. Mieczysław Dudaniec z kolegą Jankiem - foto z 1938 r - udostępnił Wiktor
Dudaniec - syn
Wiktor Dudaniec
Poland
(Polski) Mieczysław Dudaniec z kolegą Jankiem
(Polski) Ppor. Mieczysław Dudaniec z kolegą Jankiem - foto z 1938 r - udostępnił Wiktor Dudaniec - syn
Wiktor Dudaniec
Poland
odpis KA . zgonów wojsowych w Rosji, poz. 475
odpis KA . zgonów wojsowych w Rosji, poz. 475
Information regarding the death details of Stanisław Łojewski in Guzar, Russia. Letter from the local authority of Grajowa in Poland taken from army records.
Private
After WWII
Poland
Grajewo
September 1939 Campaign
Czeslaw Dawid
Traditional Polish Marriage of Czeslaw Dawid and Maryla.
Czeslaw Dawid
Czeslaw Dawid with wife. Note barbed wire in the background.
Private
Before WWII
Poland
My Maternal Grandparents (Colourised)
Jan & Aniela Zak (Colourised)
Poland
Leszinów
Catholic Church in Leszinów
Catholic Church in Leszinów (colourised) now just a Ruin.
Poland
Leszinów
Jan Zak
Jan Zak born 1882/3 the eldest and one of 3 Sons (Adam & Teofil) of Marcin Zak & Katarzyna Zak (nee Dobrzanska) he was a Blacksmith and had a farm in Leszinów Poland now part of the Ukraine. He was exiled to Siberia along with 14 other family members in 1940. He survived the 2 years in Siberia only to die on the train to freedom near a Railway Station called Aktyubinsk (now called the City of Aktobe in Kazakhstan in Feb1942.
Before WWII
Poland
Leszinów
Russian Amnesty Database Records (31/08/41) of what they called ‘Special Settlement’ areas basically their Gulag Labour Camps.
Russian Amnesty Database Records (31/08/41) of what they called ‘Special Settlement’ areas basically their Gulag Labour Camps.
Jan Zak 1882-1942 & Aniela Zak 1899-1942 (Arrived in the region 23/02/40)
Adam Zak 1885-1936 (brother of Jan Zak)
Adam Zak 1885-1936 (brother of Jan Zak), was spared the exile to Siberia having died in 1936, although his wife Aniela (nee Chmiel) was not so fortunate.
Adam Zak 1885-1936 (brother of Jan Zak)
Adam Zak 1885-1936 (brother of Jan Zak), was spared the exile to Siberia having died in 1936, although his wife Aniela (nee Chmiel) was not so fortunate.
Marshal J. Pilsudski Lyceum
Marshal J. Pilsudski State Humanistic Lyceum in Stryj. The building was blown up by the retreating Hungarian Army in 1944.
Before WWII
Poland
Stryj
Adam Zak 1919-1941
Adam Zak 1919-1941
(son of Jan Zak) Perished in Siberia
Ipn File - Adam Zak 1919-1941
Ipn File - Adam Zak 1919-1941
(Son of Jan Zak) perished in Siberia
School ID card
School ID card, Roman V. Skulski, Stryj, Galicia (formerly eastern Poland)
Before WWII
Poland
Stryj
Photo in Orchard
Family orchard photo, 1936. l to r: Irka, Basil Skulski, Roman (holding Cygan), Stefa and Ziuta
Before WWII
Poland
Stryj
Roman Skulski and sister
Roman, age 16, with one of his six sisters (Olga), in downtown Stryj, circa 1937
Before WWII
Poland
Stryj
Home
What was once Roman's parents' home in the town of Stryj, Galicia, photo taken in the 1960s. Only one house, but it has been occupied variously by (so far) five countries: Austro-Hungary, Poland, Germany, the Soviet Union and the Ukraine.
After WWII
Ukraine
Stryj
Pre-WWII photo
My father in his younger days.
Private
Before WWII
Poland
Rowne
Family photo, 1916
Early family portrait, 1916, Stryj, Poland
Private
Catherina (Wagemann) Skulski
Photo of Roman's mother, Catherina
Private
Radomski Bloodline 1916-1940
The families Góral and Radomski, linked by sister Kazia and brother Walery who all lived in the Kresy, in the eastern borderlands of Poland.
Alec Dyki
Poland
18 year old solider recruit Poland
Albin Matylonek entered the Polish Army in 1938
Young recruit of 17
Young men, boys really, were recruited into the Polish army to counter Russian aggression
personal collection
Before WWII
Poland