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Photo ID: 947366
Title:

Irena – during her early career in Lwow

Description:

Irena – during her early career in Lwow

Time Period:

During WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Lwow

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Photo ID: 955085
Title:

Marysia Zosia and Tadek Sokołowski

Description:

Marysia Zosia and Tadek Sokołowski

Source:

Henry Sokolowski

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Felsztyn, Lwow

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Photo ID: 958570
Title:

Mucha Album Pg 1 Photo 5

Description:

Mucha Album Pg 1 Photo 5

Source:

Krystyna Mucha

Time Period:

Before WWII

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Photo ID: 946927
Title:

Dioniza’s First Holy Communion Group – reverse side of photo

Description:

Dioniza’s First Holy Communion Group – reverse side of photo

Source:

Dioniza Choros

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Szczurzyn, Wołynskie, Luck

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Photo ID: 946992
Title:

Genia’s ID from Stolpce, showing her father Jan as a KOP Sargeant

Description:

The ID issued on 11 December 1938

Source:

Eugenia Gruszewska

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Stolpce, Nowogródzkie

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Photo ID: 947033
Title:

Weronika and Stanislaw Muszak

Description:

Weronika and Stanislaw Muszak

Source:

Halina Babinska

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

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Photo ID: 947094
Title:

Halina’s parents

Description:

Halina's parents wedding photo 1922

Source:

Halina Miros

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

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Photo ID: 947644
Title:

Antoni Januszewicz

Description:

Pre-WWII portrait

Source:

Halina Kozlowska

Time Period:

During WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Wilno

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Photo ID: 948877
Title:

Wieslaw, age about 1 year

Description:

Poland 1927

Source:

Wanda Gillon

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Skalat

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Photo ID: 949147
Title:

Franciszek Turkiewicz at the Police Office in Przemysl

Description:

Criminal Investigations office in Przemysl. Franciszek Turkiewicz (seated on the right)

Source:

Mark Turkiewicz

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Przemysl, Lwow

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Photo ID: 949706
Title:

Polish Navy cadet Tadeusz Lesisz

Description:

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. This photograph was taken when he was a cadet in 1936.

Source:

Wanda Lesisz

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

Related Military Service:

Polish navy

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Photo ID: 950177
Title:

Stanislaw Tarazewicz with students

Description:

With students from the Technical school in Wilno, prior to his arrest.

Source:

Stanislaw Tarazewicz

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Wilno

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Photo ID: 950678
Title:

High school class 1925

Description:

High school class 1925

Source:

Henry Sokolowski

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Boryslaw, Lwowskie

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Photo ID: 951284
Title:

Romuald in Sielec

Description:

Siedlce 1935 - Romuald is standing to the left of his father

Source:

Romuald Lipinski

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Siedlce

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Photo ID: 951777
Title:

Roman_Grochowski

Description:

Roman_Grochowski

Source:

Helen Bitner

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

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Photo ID: 951799
Title:

Adolf Bitner-Glindzicz 2

Description:

Adolf Bitner-Glindzicz 2

Source:

Helen Bitner

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

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Photo ID: 955123
Title:

Ludwik Rosol and Family (back)

Description:

Ludwik Rosol and Family (back)

Source:

Henry Sokolowski

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Boryslaw, Lwow

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Photo ID: 966372
Title:

Adam Zak 1885-1936 (brother of Jan Zak)

Description:

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.

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Photo ID: 947237
Title:

Beznowski family, c. 1926

Description:

Helena, Genia, Wladyslaw, with parents Marja and Wladyslaw Beznowski, Breniow Manor, Kresy (Poland).

Source:

Apolonia Kojder

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

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Photo ID: 947368
Title:

Irena at school in Lwow

Description:

Irena at school in Lwow

Time Period:

During WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Lwow

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Photo ID: 948785
Title:

Waniow village overlaid with family home locations

Description:

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

Source:

Elizabeth Taylor

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

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Photo ID: 948851
Title:

Stanislaw Pelc and family – Haczow, Rzeszow

Description:

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.

Source:

Wanda Ellis (nee Pelc)

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Wies Haczów, Rzeszow

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Photo ID: 949070
Title:

Translation of Leaving Certificate page 1

Description:

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

Source:

Vanessa Tomecki

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Lodz

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Photo ID: 957750
Title:

Naval Officers presented to President of Poland, 1936

Description:

This photograph shows the presentation of new Polish Naval officers to the President of Poland, Prof I Moscicki, and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces, Marshal Rydz-Smigly, at Warsaw Castle, 15th October 1936. Fourth from left is Sub-Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski (Andrew's father). In September 1939, Kazimierz Sadowski was serving as the torpedo officer on the submarine ORP Zbik, and was interned in Sweden for the duration of the war (together with submarines ORP Sep and ORP Rys).

Source:

Andrzej Sadowski

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Warsaw

Related Military Service:

Polish navy

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Photo ID: 958560
Title:

Mucha Album Pg 4 Photo 2

Description:

Mucha Album Pg 4 Photo 2

Source:

Krystyna Mucha

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

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Photo ID: 946929
Title:

Dioniza Choros

Description:

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

Source:

Dioniza Choros

Time Period:

After WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Belveder

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Photo ID: 947005
Title:

Ambassador Babinski greeting the King

Description:

He was the last Polish Ambassador to Canada before WWII.

Source:

Halina Babinska

Time Period:

Before WWII

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Photo ID: 947035
Title:

Weronika Muszak with Stanislawa

Description:

Weronika Muszak with Stanislawa

Source:

Halina Babinska

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

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Photo ID: 947646
Title:

Halina’s parents in the sitting room of their home in Wilno

Description:

Pre-WWII family home

Source:

Halina Kozlowska

Time Period:

During WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Wilno

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Photo ID: 948880
Title:

Wiesław, at first communion

Description:

Age about 7, Poland 1933

Source:

Wanda Gillon

Time Period:

Before WWII

Country:

Poland

City/Town/Village:

Skalat

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