Gallery – Lest we forget
Beznowski family
Helena, Genia, Marja Beznowska, Wladyslaw, and brother-in-law. Dłbrowa Colony, Kresy (Poland) 1932.
Apolonia Kojder
Before WWII
Poland
Newspaper Article about a deported family
Page 1
Irena Kuś
After WWII
Article about Waldemar Czyz
Article about Waldemar Czyz
After WWII
United States
Buffalo
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
Souvenir badge of “7 Pulk Ulanow”
Souvenir badge of “7 Pulk Ulanow”
Helen Narell
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Julian at Monte Cassino in 1993
The rebuilt monastery is seen in the distance, as well as the Polish cemetery where more than 1,000 Polish soldiers are buried.
Julian Rybarczyk
After WWII
Italy
Monte Cassino
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish submarine ORP Sep, in 2008
Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik.
Andrzej Sadowski
After WWII
Poland
Gdynia
Polish navy
Mucha Album Pg 3 Photo 2
Mucha Album Pg 3 Photo 2
Krystyna Mucha
After WWII
Poland
Halina’s article in a Wilno newspaper in 2002
Halina’s article in a Wilno newspaper in 2002
Halina Kozlowska
After WWII
United Kingdom
Scotland
President Ryszard Kaczarowski views the Exhibit
President Ryszard Kaczarowski views the Exhibit
Halina Kozlowska
After WWII
Canada
Montreal
A photo from the Exhibit
A photo from the Exhibit
Halina Kozlowska
After WWII
Canada
Montreal
Stanislaw Tarazewicz – Monte Cassino 65th Anniversary, 2009
With his wife Teresa (second from right), and two granddaughters of General Anders (Barbara is first from right, Eva is first from left) - Dr. Regina Karwowska, a neighbour from Dunrobin, is second from the left. Polish Community Hall, Ottawa.
Stanislaw Tarazewicz
After WWII
Canada
Ottawa
60th Anniversary – Pahiatua (NZ) Oct 2004
Wellington (NZ) Waterfront, Oct 2004 - 60 years from the arrival in New Zealand.
Stan Gazdowicz
After WWII
New Zealand
Obituary from 2010
Obituary from 2010
Eugenia Gruszewska
After WWII
Canada
Ottawa
Walek Jaworski recieving The Knights Cross
Walek Jaworski recieving The Knights Cross
Mark Jaworski
After WWII
Canada
Certificate
Certificate permitting Tom to wear the insignia of "3 Dywizia Sztrzelcow Karpackich", dated 19 December 1945.
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
In memory of Wladyslaw and Julia Pacewicz
Gravestones side-by-side of my Babcia Julia Pacewicz (nee Paradowska) and my father Wladyslaw Pacewicz in Luton, United Kingdom. They were deported from Rowne to Kazakhstan on 13th April 1940 and after the war settled in the UK. My aunt Jadwiga Kedzierska (nee Pacewicz) is also buried there. The eldest Jozef Pacewicz is buried in Krosno, Poland.
Anna Pacewicz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Luton
Polish navy
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
zaświadczenie o rehabilitacji
zaświadczenie o rehabilitacji
Jan Kozakowski
Belarus
Polish Navy memorial Sweden
Polish Navy Memorial to the Polish submarine crew who were interned in Sweden Sept 1939-1945. This photograph was taken in 2002 when Andrzej Sadowski (son of ORP Zbik Officer Kazimierz Sadowski) visited Sweden.
Andrzej Sadowski
After WWII
Sweden
Marielund
Polish navy
Mucha Album Pg 3 Photo 1
Couple in Szczecin in 1955
Krystyna Mucha
After WWII
Poland
Szczecin
Mieczyslaw write-up in Polish
Mieczyslaw write-up in Polish
Irena Kuś
After WWII
Article about the Exhibit
Article about the Exhibit
Halina Kozlowska
After WWII
Canada
Montreal
President Ryszard Kaczarowski views the Exhibit
President Ryszard Kaczarowski views the Exhibit
Halina Kozlowska
After WWII
Canada
Montreal
A photo from the Exhibit
A photo from the Exhibit
Halina Kozlowska
After WWII
Canada
Montreal
Grandparents
My Grandfather Daniel and Grandmother Uliana Rudowicz. Deported to Siberia, made it to Africa at the Lusaka Came in Northern Rhodesia then to Scotland/England and to Canada in 1949. RIP
After WWII
Canada
Windsor Ontario Canada
Ambassador Babinski’s uniform tunic & hat at the Polish Embassy, 2012
He was the last Polish Ambassador to Canada before WWII.
Halina Babinska
After WWII
Canada
Ottawa
Certificate
Certificate accepting Tom as a member of "Kolo 7 Pulku Ulanow Lubelskich", dated 1 September 1946.
Helen Narell
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Medals
Polish 2nd Corps medals, including the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy: Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz collection. Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones & Zofia Wierzbicka
Xenia Jacoby
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Medals Entitlement Document
On the 1st September 1994 the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Wałęsa, honoured Wladyslaw Pacewicz with the Polish Cross of the act of combat with forces in the West. This was presented at the Polish Consulate in Edinburgh.
Wladyslaw Pacewicz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Polish navy