Gallery – Polish Armed Forces in USSR
Training in the Middle East
Changing a tyre? My father, Wladyslaw Grabowski, is the second from the right.
Peter Grabowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Regina (2nd from left) and friends
Regina (2nd from left) and friends
Regina Miłaszewicz
During WWII
Middle East - Nazareth
General Anders among the women’s auxiliary
General Anders among the women’s auxiliary
Regina Miłaszewicz
During WWII
Middle East - Nazareth
Major Mrozek with a group waiting on the firing range
Major Mrozek with a group waiting on the firing range
Regina Miłaszewicz
During WWII
Middle East - Nazareth
Halina with her brother Antoni and Father Kucharski, in Iraq
Halina with her brother Antoni and Father Kucharski, in Iraq
Halina Kozlowska
During WWII
Iraq
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish soldiers at the beach
My father, Wladyslaw Grabowski, is standing on the far right.
Peter Grabowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Regina and friends
Regina and friends
Regina Miłaszewicz
During WWII
Middle East - Nazareth
Generals Sosnkowski and Anders visit Nazareth
Generals Sosnkowski and Anders visit Nazareth
Regina Miłaszewicz
During WWII
Middle East - Nazareth
Soldiers playing a game?
I think that my father, Wladyslaw Grabowski, is the one without his shirt.
Peter Grabowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Women’s Auxiliary members
Women’s Auxiliary members
Regina Miłaszewicz
During WWII
Middle East - Nazareth
Nazareth 21.VI.1946
General Anders being carried aloft by the students
Regina Miłaszewicz
During WWII
Middle East - Nazareth
Polish soldiers and military vehicle
My father, Wladyslaw Grabowski, is the one with the rather large inner tube around his neck
Peter Grabowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Group of soldiers on a military vehicle
Not sure whether my father is on this one. Do you recognize anyone?
Peter Grabowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Buzuluk, 1942. Persons unknown.
Buzuluk, 1942. Persons unknown.
Eugenia Gruszewska
Russia
Buzuluk, Orenburg
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish soldiers on parade, Middle East
Polish soldiers on parade, Middle East
Stan Gazdowicz
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Drawing of Danuta’s father
Drawing of Danuta’s father
Danuta Morgan
During WWII
Uzbekistan
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Stefania Puć
Stefania Puć
Christine Górniak
During WWII
Egypt
Ain-Karem
Women's Army Auxiliary Service
English newspaper report dated 24 April 1942
English newspaper reporting the arrival of Polish troops from Russia to Pahlevi. Source Findmypast.co.uk
Other
During WWII
United Kingdom
Middle East - Pahlevi
English newspaper report dated 2 November 1942
Report on Poles in Persia
Other
During WWII
United Kingdom
Middle East - Pahlevi
Military tents in Uzbekistan
Military tents in Uzbekistan
During WWII
Uzbekistan
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Starving civilians joining the Polish Army
Starving civilians joining the Polish Army
During WWII
Uzbekistan
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Crossing to Persia
Crossing to Persia
During WWII
Uzbekistan
Krasnowodsk
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Zbigniew Gondek
18 year old Zbigniew in Mosul Iraq, 1942
Zbigniew Gondek
During WWII
Iraq
Mosul
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Zbigniew Gondek
18 year old Zbigniew in Mosul Iraq, 1942
Zbigniew Gondek
During WWII
Iraq
Mosul
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Egypt
Edward Jurczenko in Egypt, during WW2 but not sure of date (2nd right, back row)
Edward Jurczenko
During WWII
Egypt
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Declaration form filled in by Edward whilst serving in the Polish 2nd Corps.
A declaration form and CV filled in by Edward whilst serving in the Polish 2nd Corps supplied some of the following facts about his pre-war days.
Edward attended Elementary School in Vienna. In 1928 the family moved back to Poland to Zawiercie, where he continued his studies, starting secondary school in 1930. In 1934 the family moved again, this time to Lodz, Poland where Edward attended High School and attained his matriculation certificate in May 1938.
Original now in the USHMM Collection
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Edward’s soldier’s Pay Book.
In September 1941, following the Soviet amnesty of Polish prisoners, Edward made his way south. He travelled from Rybinsk, through Vladimir, Ryazin and Saratov, eventually joining the Polish Army at the recruitment centre at Tatischewo.
Original now in the USHMM Collection
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Middle East 1.
On 17th August 1942 Edward finally left Russia on a boat called Cziczerin and landed in Pahlevi in Persia.
Original now in the USHMM Collection
During WWII
Middle East 2
Edward was a member of the 5th Kresowa Infantry Division. Army training continued in the Middle East.
Original now in the USHMM Collection
During WWII
Father joins the Polish 2 Corps
Photo taken in the USSR, 1941
Genowefa Matkowski
During WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)