People of the Polish 2nd Corps

About this Exhibition

Sponsor

This exhibition has been made possible from funds provided by the Museum of Polish History (Warsaw) under their Patriotyzm Jutra (Patriotism for tomorrow) program.

Sincere thanks to the participating veterans

We wish to sincerely thank the Polish Second Corps veterans who participated in this project. They generously gave of their time, by having their interviews recorded, by sharing their photos and documents, and by reviewing the materials.

Sincere thanks to our colleagues

We gratefully acknowledge the participation of the following individuals in gathering and in uploading the materials, writing the texts, recording and processing the interviews, and translating the texts:

Veteran Story	Participating individuals	Interviewers	Translators
ANDERS Irena Renata (NB 1)	Krystyna Szypowska, Aneta Hoffmann	Joanna i Piotr Perczynscy	Aneta Hoffmann
BATOR Edward	Krystyna Szypowska	Krystyna Szypowska	Maciej Domaradzki
BEGIN Menachem	Claire Turenne-Sjolander, The Menachem Begin Archives (Israel), and Krystyna Szypowska	n/a	Maciej Domaradzki
FIJAL Edwarda	Krystyna Szypowska, Henry Sokolowski	Marcin Lewandowski
GARLICKI Andrzej	Krystyna Szypowska	Krystyna Szypowska	Katarzyna Dubowska
GONDEK Zbigniew	Krystyna Szypowska, Henry Sokolowski	Marcin Lewandowski	Aneta Hoffmann
GRADOSIELSKA Danuta	Elzunia Olsson, Krystyna Szypowska	Artur Nieweglowski	Maciej Domaradzki
KOZLOWSKA Halina	Krystyna Szypowska	Agata Manikowska	Maciej Domaradzki
KROLCZYK Jozef	Krystyna Szypowska	Frank Pleszak	Maciej Domaradzki
KROLIKOWSKI Father Lucjan	Casimir Majewski, Krystyna Szypowska	Aneta Hoffmann	Maciej Domaradzki
KUSTRA Franek	Anna Pacewicz, Danielle Cerisier, Krystyna Szypowska	Frances Gates, Sophia Turkiewicz	Aneta Hoffmann
LIPINSKI Romuald	Krystyna Szypowska	Maria Szonert	Maciej Domaradzki
MAKOWSKI Boleslaw	Krystyna Szypowska	Krystyna Szypowska
MRZYK Alfons	Aneta Hoffmann, Maciej Domaradzki, Krystyna Szypowska	Aneta Hoffmann	Krystyna Szypowska
NARĘBSKI Wojciech	Aneta Hoffmann, Katarzyna Dubowska, Krystyna Szypowska	Aneta Hoffmann	Olga Orłowska
SKRZYNSKI Tomasz	Aneta Hoffmann, Krystyna Szypowska	Kazimierz Dymanus	Krystyna Szypowska

Irena Anders (NB 1)

The text about the life of Irena Renata Anders was approved by her daughter, Anna Maria. The video clips that are embedded in the text were graciously provided by Joanna and Piotr Perczynski, who produced the documentary movie “Moja mlodość, moje szczęscie, mój świat” (My youth, my good luck, my world), Antares Studio, 2006.

POSTSCRIPT

We were saddened to learn of the sudden death, on 8 October 2012, of Boleslaw MAKOWSKI of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Makowski had been looking forward to reviewing the materials, and being present when the exhibition was made public. Our sincere condolences go to his children and extended family.

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Jozef KROLCZYK on 23 December 2012, in Manchester England. He was a decorated veteran and had generously participated in local Polonia affairs for many decades. Our sincere condolences go to his children and extended family.