Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

Waniow village, showing locations of families. Many thanks to the late Mrs Gawlik for family names and positions.

Elizabeth Taylor

Before WWII

Poland

At family home in Haczow, Rzeszow where Stanislaw was born. Stanislaw is standing with his sisters either side of him. In the front row is his wife Stanislawa Pelc (nee Szuba), his mother Aniela Pelc holding his daughter Janina and his sister-in-law with her daughter.

Wanda Ellis (nee Pelc)

Before WWII

Poland

Wies Haczów, Rzeszow

Does anyone know anything about this establishment? Is it still in existence?

Vanessa Tomecki

Before WWII

Poland

Lodz

1928 ID card from Wilno

Wiktoria Bielicka

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Julian’s school photo, 1936

Julian Rybarczyk

Before WWII

Poland

In Zaleszczyki as a girl with brother Wladek

Romuald Lipinski

Before WWII

Poland

Zaleszczyki

RYS_MARYNIA_at_NOWOSADY

Helen Bitner

Before WWII

Poland

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

Roman Catholic church

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Lwów_view 1 of 3

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow, Lwowskie

Dioniza receiving Dyploma from Polish government for 60th Polish Children's Reunion comittee in Belveder, Poland in 2005

Dioniza Choros

After WWII

Poland

Belveder

He was the last Polish Ambassador to Canada before WWII.

Halina Babinska

Before WWII

Weronika Muszak with Stanislawa

Halina Babinska

Before WWII

Poland

Pre-WWII family home

Halina Kozlowska

During WWII

Poland

Wilno

Age about 7, Poland 1933

Wanda Gillon

Before WWII

Poland

Skalat

With student from the Technical school in Wilno, kayaking on the Wilia River near Wilno.

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Tourism postcard Czarnohora mountains_back

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Stanisławowskie

Mucha Album Pg 4 Photo 1

Krystyna Mucha

Before WWII

Poland

Attesting to the fact that Jan Gadomski completed elementary school - issued in 1922

Irena Jankowska

Before WWII

Poland

Village of Waniow - Polish Kolonja settlement, 1936

Elizabeth Taylor

Before WWII

Poland

(L-R) Jacenty Migut, wife Jadwiga, son Ted, Antonina Wilk (Jadwiga's mother), Witka, Anthony Wilk (Jadwiga's father)

Greg Archer Migut

Before WWII

Poland

Lukawiec, Rzeszow

Polish Navy officers/cadets on training ship ORP Iskra in 1937. Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escaping to the UK on ORP Burza. During the war he also served on MGB S3 and ORP Błyskawica and cruiser Dragon, retiring a full commander.

Wanda Lesisz

Before WWII

Polish navy

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

This photo was sent as a postcard to Henryk Gradzik by Marian Witold in 1920

Dioniza Choros

Before WWII

Poland

Kopaczówka

He was the last Polish Ambassador to Canada before WWII.

Halina Babinska

Before WWII

Weronika Muszak

Halina Babinska

Before WWII

Poland