Gallery – Polish forces under Soviet command
Polish Army Camp Urals 1941
Polish Army camp of Alexandra's father, airman Zgymunt Pracki. This shows the camp living quarters, 1941. Kuybyshev?
Alexandra Copley nee Pracki
During WWII
Russia
Kuybyshev?
Train journey through USSR
Group in front of railway carriage, either enroute from Urals to Uzbekistan or at a slightly later date from Kermine to Krasnovodsk . The man in the centre in Alexandra's father, Zygmunt Pracki, and he is holding Alexandra as a baby
Alexandra Copley nee Pracki
During WWII
Russia
Zygmunt Pracki Urals 1941
Alexandra's father, Zygmunt Pracki at the Polish Army camp in 1941. Kuybyshev?
Alexandra Copley nee Pracki
During WWII
Russia
Kuybyshev?
Zygmunt Pracki Urals 1941
Alexandra's father, Zygmunt Pracki at the Polish Army camp in 1941. Kuybyshev?
Alexandra Copley nee Pracki
During WWII
Russia
Kuybyshev?
Polish recruits Urals 1941
Alexandra's father, Zygmunt Pracki and two other Polish army recruits (airforce?) in the Urals 1941 - Kuybyshev?
Alexandra Copley nee Pracki
During WWII
Russia
Kuybyshev?
Pracki family arrive in Pahlevi
Alexandra as a toddler, held by her mother Maria Pracki. Alexandra's father, Zygmunt Pracki, has written on the back of the photograph "Pahlevi 28th March 1942... First steps beyond the border" so this was the date of their arrival, in one of the first evacuations.
During WWII
Iran
Pahlevi
With Camels enroute to Krasnovodsk
Polish soldier and camelier with camels 1942. This photograph comes from the collection of Zygmunt Pracki, and his journey in modern day Turkmenistan en route with the Polish Army from Kazakhstan to Krasnovodsk. The journey took him through the Kara-Kum desert.
Alexandra Copley nee Pracki
During WWII
Russia
Billeted with Uzbek family 1942
Alexandra Copley as a small child (wearing a headscarf). On her left side she is holding the hand of her mother, Maria Pracki and on right side she is holding the hand of Uzbek woman Apa. Apa is also with her two daughters. Just behind (but partly hidden) is Alexandra's first and best friend Irgasz (Apa's son). Alexandra's father Zygmunt Pracki is standing to the extreme left. Alexandra and her mother were billeted to this mud hut belonging to Uzbek woman Apa in 1942, near Samarkand. Apa's husband had been drafted into the Red Army.
Alexandra Copley nee Pracki
During WWII
Uzbekistan
Near Samarkand
Wulf siblings 1947
Wulf siblings 1947
Henry Sokolowski
After WWII
Poland
Felsztyn, Lwowskie
Child’s drawing from Palestine
Child’s drawing from Palestine - Drawn by Danuta Maczka
Elzunia Olsson
During WWII
Palestine
Child’s drawing from Iran
Child’s drawing from Iran - Drawn by Danuta Maczka, Teheran 1942.
Elzunia Olsson
During WWII
Iran
Szlak do Berlina
1 Korpus Pancerny forsuje Nysę, 1945. Archiwa prywatne rodziny gen.Zygmunta Berlinga
Elżbieta Berling
During WWII
Losy żołnierzy …
przekazanie urny z ziemią z pola bitwy pod Lenino V 1946
Polish Military Museum, Warsaw
Bitwa pod Lenino 12-13 X 1943
por Roman Zambrowski przemawia do saperów przed bitwą 1 DP Lenino X 1943
Elżbieta Berling
Szlak do Berlina
Forsowanie Nysy. Archiwa prywatne rodziny gen.Zygmunta Berlinga
Elżbieta Berling
During WWII
Losy żołnierzy …
delegacja przed grobem poległych pod Lenino V 1946
Polish Military Museum, Warsaw
Bitwa pod Lenino 12-13 X 1943
natarcie piechoty 1 DP Lenino 12-13 X 1943
Elżbieta Berling
Szlak do Berlina
Walki uliczne w Kołobrzegu. Archiwa prywatne rodziny gen.Zygmunta Berlinga
Elżbieta Berling
During WWII
Losy żołnierzy …
uroczystości pobrania ziemi z pobojowiska pod Lenino V 1946
Polish Military Museum, Warsaw
Bitwa pod Lenino 12-13 X 1943
natarcie piechoty 1 DP Lenino 12-13 X 1943
Elżbieta Berling
Szlak do Berlina
I Armia WP na Ukrainie. Archiwa prywatne rodziny gen.Zygmunta Berlinga
Elżbieta Berling
During WWII
Losy żołnierzy …
Zygmunt Berling wśród żołnierzy Sielce 1943
Polish Military Museum, Warsaw
Bitwa pod Lenino 12-13 X 1943
natarcie piechoty 1 DP Lenino 12-13 X 1943
Elżbieta Berling
During WWII
Russia
Lenino, Smolensk
Szlak do Berlina
Przeprawa przez Bug. Archiwa prywatne rodziny gen.Zygmunta Berlinga
Elżbieta Berling
During WWII
Losy żołnierzy …
redakcja Żołnierza Wolności Sielce 1943
Polish Military Museum, Warsaw
Bitwa pod Lenino 12-13 X 1943
natarcie piechoty 1 DP Lenino 12-13 X 1943
Polish Military Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Russia
Szlak do Berlina
1 pułk czołgów 1943
Elżbieta Berling
During WWII
Losy żołnierzy …
redakcja Żołnierza Wolności Sielce 1943
Polish Military Museum, Warsaw
Bitwa pod Lenino 12-13 X 1943
Na stanowisku bojowym 1 DP Lenino 12-13 X 1943
Polish Military Museum, Warsaw
During WWII
Russia
Szlak do Berlina
w drodze na front 1943
Elżbieta Berling
During WWII