Gallery – Western exiles’ dilemma
Wedding Janek & Jadwiga Kedzierski
Wedding of my aunt Jadwiga nee Pacewicz to Jan Kedzierski on 08.09.1945 at St John’s Roman Catholic Church, Perth. They were both stationed at Dupplin Castle, Perth. Jan Kedzierski was a Second Lieutenant, 1st Polish Corps in Scotland. He was born in Kuty, Poland, 7 Feb 1920. In the early part of the war in Scotland he served in an Officer’s Cadre Rifle Brigade. My aunt Jadwiga Pacewicz (sister to Wladyslaw) was a Sister with the Polish Red Cross and PWSK after her evacuation from exile in the USSR (deported 13th April 1940 from Rowne to Kazakhstan). She served in Teheran, Iraq, Egypt, Palestine and in 1944 was transferred to the UK where she was posted to 1 PWAS Battalion, 1 Polish Corps – to Polish General Hospital No 4 and then transferred to Polish General Hospital No 2 “SEFA” in Perth. Jadwiga and Janek Kedzierski settled in Luton, UK after the war.
Anna Pacewicz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Dupplin Castle, 1st Polish Corps, Perth
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
Beyond the Wall of China – 12 of 17
Beyond the Wall of China – 12 of 17
Henry Sokolowski
After WWII
Poland
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Part a) Immigration papers of Helena Jarkiewicz z domu Chmielewska
Lenarda Szymczak's mother Helena Jarkiewicz z domu Chmielewska, I.R.O. PROCESSING CARD pre immigration papers from Germany to Australia 1949
Lenarda Szymczak
After WWII
Germany
Part a) Immigration papers of Helena Jarkiewicz z domu Chmielewska
Lenarda Szymczak's mother Helena Jarkiewicz z domu Chmielewska, I.R.O. PROCESSING CARD pre immigration papers from Germany to Australia 1949
Lenarda Szymczak
After WWII
Germany
Jozef Jarkiewicz, Eckeraforde, Germany 1946
Lenarda Szymczak's father Jozef Jarkiewicz in British Camp, Eckeraforde, Germany in 1946.
Lenarda Szymczak
After WWII
Germany
Flensburg
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Andrew Krajewski
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Andrew Krajewski
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Andrew Krajewski
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Andrew Krajewski
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Polish 2nd Corps 1946
Andrew Krajewski
After WWII
Leon in England
Leon in England
Jadwiga Ciupak
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Zbigniew Gondek
Graduation photo from Agriculture School in Scotland
Zbigniew Gondek
After WWII
United Kingdom
Glasgow, Scotland
Polish Resettlement Corps
Posing with Vera Lyn
Zbigniew is standing to the left of Vera Lyn
Zbigniew Gondek
After WWII
United Kingdom
Glasgow
Polish Resettlement Corps
Posing with Vera Lyn
Posing with Vera Lyn
Zbigniew Gondek
After WWII
United Kingdom
Glasgow
Polish Resettlement Corps
Graduation certificate
Completion of Agriculture School in Scotland
Zbigniew Gondek
After WWII
United Kingdom
Glasgow
Polish Resettlement Corps
Makowski on a ship heading for Canada, 1946
Coming to Canada on a 2-year farming contract
Boleslaw Makowski
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
1947 PRC certificate to bring family from Africa
1947 PRC certificate to bring family from Africa
Maria Brodowicz
During WWII
United Kingdom
1946 April 23 Letter from Geneva_front
1946 April 23 Letter from Geneva_front - Regarding the search for family members
Maria Brodowicz
After WWII
Switzerland
1946 April 23 Letter from Geneva_back
1946 April 23 Letter from Geneva_back
Regarding the search for family members
Maria Brodowicz
Before WWII
Switzerland
ID Photo
Photograph of Edward from his Alien Indentification book
Edward Jurczenko
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish Resettlement Corps
Harvest Work
Edward doing harvest work in England, 1947/8. He is in the bottom row, first on right.
Edward Jurczenko
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish Resettlement Corps
University of Rome ID card.
After the war Edward, with many others, was given leave to study in Italy, whilst decisions were made as to what was to be done with the Polish soldiers who did not wish to return to their now communist-run country. Edward chose to continue his study of architecture, which he did at the University of Rome between March and September 1946.
Original now in the USHMM Collection
After WWII
Italy
Rome
Student on temporary leave form
Later in 1946, Edward, with many Polish army students, was transported to the UK and he was given leave to continue his studies in Architecture in September 1947.
Original now in the USHMM Collection
United Kingdom
Polish Resettlement Corps
Irena and General Anders
Married in 1948
After WWII
United Kingdom
Irena – publicity photo
Irena – publicity photo
After WWII
United Kingdom
Ship named Winchester Castle to Argentina
5 Oct 1948 to 20 Oct 1948, crossing by ship to Argentina, where Jan lived for a few years before coming to Canada.
After WWII
Czeslaw Zychowicz
Czeslaw Zychowicz
Lusia McAnna
After WWII
United Kingdom
Family Nissan Hut at Howberry Park
L to R: Edward Cymerman_Ludwika Wawrzynczyk_Czeslaw Cymerman_Aniela Wawrzynczyk_Czeslaw Zychowicz_Aniela Cymerman_and Danka Zychowicz in front
Lusia McAnna
Before WWII
United Kingdom
Wladyslaw’s Italian friend, Baldo
I think that this is my father's friend "Baldo" - The next photo shows the wording on the back of this photo.
Peter Grabowski
After WWII
Message in Italian
A message from "Baldo", written on the back of the previous photo
Peter Grabowski
After WWII