Sala Świadectw

Zbigniew Gondek - Life in Scotland and Canada part 2

Marriage in Scotland.

Zbigniew Gondek - Life in Scotland and Canada part 3

Apel to the next generation.

Henryk Franciszek Kustra - Amnesty

Andrzej Garlicki - Arrest Father

Telling how his father was arrested by the Soviets, prior to his being deported with his mother.

Andrzej Garlicki - Evening discussions

Describing the discussions that took place between the deportees in the evenings

Andrzej Garlicki - Driving course

Signing up for a driving course in the USSR and learning that the top spots always go to Party members.

Andrzej Garlicki - Brother Pahlevi

How he found his brother on the beach in Pahlevi

Andrzej Garlicki - Monte Cassino

Describing the incredible spectacle of the Battle of Monte Cassino.

Andrzej Garlicki - Coming to Canada

Describing the early years in Canada.

Andrzej Garlicki - Medals

Explaining each of the medals he was awarded.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Russian invasion

Describing the activities on the Russian side of the river, the night before the Russian invasion.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - First saw Marian

Edwarda describes how she first noticed Marian from the window of the cattle car, when it would stop to get water or food for the deportees

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Barrack description

Description of the barracks at the labour camp.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Mother in jail

Mother is jailed for exchanging a clock for flour.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Kermine Uzbekistan

Finding the Polish Army in Kermine.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Finding Father

Finding Father in Pahlavi and brothers in the Middle East.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Nursing Course

Taking an accelerated nursing course in the Middle East.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Three Weddings

Having three consecutive weddings in the UK.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Living in Chicken Coop

Describing finding a chicken coop to live in.

Edwarda Wiktoria (Szczygieł) Fijał - Russian Invasion

Describing how the Russian tanks rode over the crops in the fields, and then how things changed in terms of relationships with some of their neighbours.

Halina (Januszewicz) Kozłowska - First Job in Canada

Describing the kind of work she did at her first job in Canada

Halina (Januszewicz) Kozłowska - Identifying the dead

Describing how the deceased were identified, guessing at the age of the person.

Halina (Januszewicz) Kozłowska - Leaving Kolhoz

Describing the journey from the kolkhoz to the southern area of the USSR.

Halina (Januszewicz) Kozłowska - Piano farewell

Describing how her brother had played 3 long overtures on the piano, while the NKVD officer and soldiers listened, transfixed, and let him play.