Gallery – Interwar Borderlands
Fanny Herzbaum nee Hermelin
Sadly Edward never saw his mother again as she was incarcerated in the Lodz Ghetto where she died of peritonitis in December 1943 at the age of 53.
Original now in the USHMM Collection
Poland
Lodz
Irena at school in Lwow
Irena at school in Lwow
During WWII
Poland
Lwow
Irena at school in Lwow
Irena at school in Lwow
During WWII
Poland
Lwow
Irena and her mother
Irena and her mother
Before WWII
Poland
Lwow
Irena – during her early career in Lwow
Irena – during her early career in Lwow
During WWII
Poland
Lwow
Irena – during her early career in Lwow
Irena – during her early career in Lwow
During WWII
Poland
Lwow
Irena – during her early career in Lwow
Irena – during her early career in Lwow
During WWII
Poland
Lwow
Wieslaw Matkowski’s Father
Franciszek Karol Matkowski in WWI - Kapitan 45-ty Pulk Piechoty, Rowne, Wolyn
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wieslaw Matkowski’s Father
Franciszek Karol Matkowski - Kapitan 45-ty Pulk Piechoty, Rowne, Wolyn
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Postcard from Wojciech to his wife, 29 X 1918
Front of card
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Postcard from Wojciech to his wife, 29 X 1918
Postcard from Wojciech to his wife, 29 X 1918
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Postcard from Wojciech to his wife, 10 XI 1918
Postcard from Wojciech to his wife, 10 XI 1918
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Genowefa at First Communion
In Poland, before WWII
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wolyn
Eva Matkowska (nee Stanowska)
The mother of Wieslaw Matkowski
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Genowefa at First Communion
Genowefa at First Communion
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wolyn
Marcin Matkowski
The paternal uncle of Wieslaw Matkowski
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wojciech Franczyk in WWI uniform
Wojciech was one of the first to join the Legionnaires of Marshal Pilsudski, for which he later was granted 12 hectares of land at the Teklowka Military Settlement in Wolyn.
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Rozalia (Łotocka-Potocka) Franczyk
Pre-WWII portrait
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wolyn
Franczyk family in Wolyn
L to R: Czeslaw, Rozalia, Karol, Genowefa, Wojciech and Zdzislaw.
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Osada Teklowka, Wolyn
Harvest at the Teklowka Settlement
Photo of Settlement residents and workers. The house in the background belonged to the Franczyk family.
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wolyn
Wojciech Franczyk ID photo
Genowefa Matkowski's father
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wojciech Franczyk ID from Poland – cover
Genowefa Matkowski's father
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wojciech Franczyk ID from Poland – inside
Genowefa Matkowski's father
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Wieslaw Matkowski’s Father
Franciszek Karol Matkowski in WWI - Kapitan 45-ty Pulk Piechoty, Rowne, Wolyn
Genowefa Matkowski
Before WWII
Poland
Ludwika Wawrzynczyk in Poland_pre 1939
Ludwika Wawrzynczyk in Poland_pre 1939
Lusia McAnna
Before WWII
Poland
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 Jurczyński 1
Adam Jurczyński 1
Adam Jurczyński
After WWII
Poland
Adam Jurczyński 2
Adam Jurczyński 2
Adam Jurczyński
Before WWII
Poland
Adam Jurczyński 3
Adam Jurczyński 3
Adam Jurczyński
Before WWII
Poland
Adam Jurczyński
Adam Jurczyński
Adam Jurczyński
After WWII
Poland