Gallery – Western exiles’ dilemma
Liverpool as seen from the ship
18 Aug 1946
Jacek Zawadowski
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Liverpool as seen from the ship
18 Aug 1946
Jacek Zawadowski
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Completion certificate earned in the Cawthorne High School and College, England, 1946.
Wojciech Narębski
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish Resettlement Corps
Group photo
Members of the 9th Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Polish Second Corps in Porto SantʼElpidio in 1946
Włodzimierz Kowalczyk
After WWII
Italy
Porto SantʼElpidio
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
High School Certificate of Completion
High School Certificate of Completion
Wladyslaw Buczkowski
After WWII
United Kingdom
Glasgow, Scotland
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
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
Bronisław Michalak
Bronisław on the right of photo.
Janusz Michalak
After WWII
United Kingdom
Oswestry
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Bronisław Michalak
Bronisław on the right of photo.
Janusz Michalak
After WWII
United Kingdom
Oswestry
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Jozef Wojtkowiak recommendation for British naturalisation
Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy in WW2. This is a letter from from RN Commander W Jenkins, Malta 1946, recommending Jozef for Naturalisation as a British subject.
Wanda Troman
After WWII
Malta
Polish navy
ORP Błyskawica crew, 1946
Polish Navy destroyer ORP Błyskawica crew in 1946. In the middle is Commanding Officer Wojciech Francki who, after the war, lived in Sydney, Australia. In the back row, 2nd from left, is Jan Szawiel, who came from the Kresy. Just behind Francki, on his right, is a short gentleman with a round face who is Jan Wszolek; he was born in Lwów.
Wanda Troman
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish navy
ORP Błyskawica crew, 1946
Polish Navy destroyer ORP Błyskawica crew in 1946. In the middle is Commanding Officer Wojciech Francki who, after the war, lived in Sydney, Australia. In the back row, 2nd from left, is Jan Szawiel, who came from the Kresy. Just behind Francki, on his right, is a short gentleman with a round face who is Jan Wszolek; he was born in Lwów.
Wanda Troman
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish navy
Jozef Wojtkowiak at Plymouth, July 1945
At the entrance to the Polish Navy HQ
Wanda Troman
After WWII
United Kingdom
Plymouth
Polish navy
Liberated from forced labour
Józefa Jurek, probably in Germany in 1945 shortly after liberation following two years of forced labour on a farm. She was likely 18 when this picture was taken.
John Halucha
After WWII
Germany
At a DP barracks in Germany
Polish refugees who had been taken from their homes to toil in Germany for the Third Reich pose at a barracks in happier times following liberation. This photo was probably taken in 1946 or 1947. The precise location is unknown but it is likely at a camp near Hannover. Józefa Jurek is just to the right of the middle, in a high-knecked dark dress. If you know any other people or other details, please write to john.halucha@yahoo.com
John Halucha
After WWII
Letter from Relief Society For Poles
Dated 1948. Does anybody have any links with this organisation, does it still exist?
Vanessa Tomecki
Germany
Portrait of Tom taken in Rome
Dated 8 August 1945
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Rome
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Portrait of Tom taken in Rome
Dated 8 August 1945
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Rome
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom (1st on the left) and colleagues in Rome
August 1945
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Rome
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom (1st on the left) and colleagues in Rome
August 1945
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Rome
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom and colleagues in Rome
August 1945
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Rome
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom and colleagues in Rome
August 1945
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Rome
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom (sitting) and colleagues in Italy
At Camp 215
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Camp 215
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom (sitting) and colleagues in Italy
At Camp 215
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Rome
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom (3rd from left) and colleagues in Italy
At Camp 215
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Camp 215
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom (3rd from left) and colleagues in Italy
At Camp 215
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Camp 215
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom (on the right) and colleague in Ital
At Camp 215
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Camp 215
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom (3rd from left) and colleagues in Italy
At Camp 215
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Camp 215
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom and colleagues in Italy
Dated 7 January 1946, at Camp 215
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Camp 215
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom and colleagues in Italy
Dated 7 January 1946, at Camp 215
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Camp 215
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)