Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

High school class 1925

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Boryslaw, Lwowskie

Farm outside of town

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Hucuł (aka Hutsul) – 3 of 8 – Czarnohora mountains

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Stanislawow

Ludwik Rosol and Family (back)

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Boryslaw, Lwow

Hucuł (aka Hutsul) – 6 of 8 – Czarnohora mountains

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Stanislawow

Reserve Artillery Officer Cadet Academy

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Włodzimierz, Wołyńskie

Tourism postcard Czarnohora mountains_back

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Stanisławowskie

Roman Catholic church

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Felsztyn, Lwow

Hucuł (aka Hutsul) – 7 of 8 – Czarnohora mountains

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Stanislawow

Lwów_view 1 of 3

Henry Sokolowski

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow, Lwowskie

This photo was taken prior to WW2 when my Father had completed his military service in Poland.

Stan Gazdowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Franciszek Prusinski - These ID papers " Dowd Osobisty" belonged to my Great Grandfather on my Mother's side of the family. My Mothers Father brought these papers to New Zealand with him. They were issued in Poland in 1936

Stan Gazdowicz

Before WWII

Poland

My Great Grandfather - This is a photo of my Great Grandfather Franciszek Prusinski, taken in 1936. He was born in 1878 and died in Siberia some time between 1940-1942 (my mother was to young to remember the exact date).

Stan Gazdowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Warszawka 1928. This photo comes from Barbara Kwietniowski, whose grandfather was Jozef Kuryś. The man in the back row at the far right is my own grandfather, Lucjan Wiśniowski. On the reverse of the photo card is written, in the handwriting of Jozef Kuryś: "dnia 22 III 1928, Warszawka." [22 March 1928, Warszawka] Barbara Kwietniowski writes: "Tadeusz Kuryś (my father) identified the following people from the photograph: - Third from the right at the back - Jóƒzef Kuryś (his father); - At the very left at the back - Wicherek - Józef's wife's stepfather (Józef's wife was Ludwika Piastka, she had two sisters in the US); - 2nd Row, 2nd from the left - Aleksander Kwolek; - Front Row, 2nd from the left - Gurgacz (godfather to someone in our family, but he couldn't remember who); - Front row on the right - Rosiek (with grey hair).

Barbara Kwietniowski

Before WWII

Poland

Warszawka, Brody, Sznyrów, Klokotów & Dorocin, Tarnopol

The couple holding him are his godmother Mrs Alina Skupinska and his godfather Polish Army Major Dymowski. His mother is sitting at the major's left and at her left is Chaplain Tomasik who baptized him.

Ted Morawski

During WWII

Energia sports card (inside)

Vanessa Tomecki

Poland

Can anyone identify the club/company?

Vanessa Tomecki

Poland

Photo of dad (3rd row from front, 5th from right) holding trumpet/cornet. Does anybody know where this is? Can anybody translate the writing on the drum? I think it might be connected to either the Trade School or the seminary he was in before the war? Again, does anybody recognise anyone in the picture?

Vanessa Tomecki

Before WWII

Poland

Believe this to be the same orchestra as previous picture, but without my dad. Again, does anybody recognise anybody in the picture?

Vanessa Tomecki

Before WWII

Poland

Identity unknown. Can anyone identify him, or make out the embossed writing on the bottom right hand side? I think it says "VENVS" "LWOW" and "AKADEMICKA". Dated in Lodz, Poland, 27 V 1936

Vanessa Tomecki

Before WWII

Poland

Lodz

Back of previous photograph. Can anyone translate please?

Vanessa Tomecki

Before WWII

Poland

Lodz

Does anyone know anything about this establishment? Is it still in existence?

Vanessa Tomecki

Before WWII

Poland

Lodz

Translation of Leaving Certificate page 2

Vanessa Tomecki

Before WWII

Poland

Lodz

Franciszek and Malgorzata Stromnik (sitting on the right) with their oldest daughter Leokadia. Next to them are my grandparents with my dad. (Year 1930)

Yvonne Stromnik

Before WWII

Poland

Poland 1939 Kresy Województwo(Province) & Powiat (County) from the book: Poland's Holocaust by Tadeusz Piotrowski.

Poland

Book Cover for the Births From 1920-43 in Parafia Bialy Kamien, Pow. Zloczow, Woj. Tarnopol, Poland.

Zbyszek (Bob) Styrna

Before WWII

Poland

Queue for break

Bogdanna Winnicka

During WWII

Queue of prisoners

Bogdanna Winnicka

During WWII

Cross

Bogdanna Winnicka

During WWII

Women in forced labour camps

Bogdanna Winnicka

During WWII