Testimonies – Soviet reoccupation of the Borderlands

Wanda describes the family taking in a POW and night bombings as the Soviets moved through Poland attacking the Germans.

Wanda describes returning to her town, from hiding, after the Soviet/German frontline had moved through in 1944 during the reoccupation.

Wanda describes Soviet soldiers bailing her up with a gun to question if she is Polish or German during the reoccupation.

Wanda describes travelling across Germany to the British Zone following the Soviet reoccupation and then leaving for the UK.

Wanda describes the Germans banning Polish and burning books/documentation during the German occupation.

Bernadette describes the reoccupation and the night that they were hiding in a house in the forest as the Soviets fought the Germans, with Soviet patrols moving in and shooting …

Bernadette describes their journey back to their town after the Soviet reoccupation and their encounters with some of the Soviet soldiers along the way.

Bernadette describes living under Soviet reoccupation and the return of her father.

Describing how, at the tender age of 14, he was part of Berling’s Army, and what his duties were.

Describing the consecutive repressions by the Soviets, the Nazis, then the Soviets again, as well as the Ukrainians.

The situation was so bad that she nearly committed suicide

Describes how he was arrested by the Soviets, who were previously their allies, and was sent to the Gulag for 2.5 years.