Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

1939 June 4 – invitation_back

Maria Brodowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wolyn

1939 June 4 – invitation_front

Maria Brodowicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wolyn

Details of Juliusz Bielski from German Almanach. Juliusz Bielski was deported to Kazakhstan with his wife Eleanor.

Count Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

The only photograph of Juliusz Bielski who was deported to Kazakhstan with his wife Eleanor.

Count Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Juliusz Bielski and grandson Jerzy at the family manor, Lwow, prior to WW2. Juliusz was deported to Kazakhstan, where he died.

Count Jerzy Krasicki

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Earliest picture of Stanislaw, with his Sokol racing bike, near Rzeszow 1937 / 1938

Stanislaw Berkieta

Before WWII

Poland

Rzeszow

Menachem Begin in Brest

Before WWII

Poland

Menachem Begin in Brest

Before WWII

Poland

Menachem Begin in Brest

Before WWII

Poland

Menachem Begin in Brest

Before WWII

Poland

Menachem Begin in Brest

Before WWII

Begin in Poland 1939 - Begin reviews an Betar lineup in Poland in 1939. Next to Begin is Moshe (Munya) Cohen. Public domain photo.

Before WWII

Poland

Photograph in the collection of Artur Nowaczyk. I t was taken in Gydnia, where the Polish Navy was based, and is possibly before the outbreak of WWII.

Julianne Morris

During WWII

Polish navy

Sailors from the Polish Navy, on a training course in Gydnia, 10th May 1939. Artur Nowaczyk is in the front row, far right.

Julianne Morris

During WWII

Poland

Gdynia

Polish navy

Antoni’s Birth Certificate

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Grandfather Jasinski - Antoni's maternal grandfather.

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni’s Grandparents and Great-Grandparents - From Left to Right: Babcia Helena holding Mieczyslaw, Mimene (?), girl (?), Grandfather holding a child (?), Stefania, Tadeusz, Great Grandmother, Girl (?), Great Grandfather, Bronislaw (Helena's brother), Maria Kleer (Helena's sister).

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni’s father, Romuald in uniform

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni with his father, Romuald

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Mother, Ludmila, with her mother

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni’s mother, Ludmila, before the war

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Ludmila’s pre-war ID

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Ludmila – pre-war photo 3

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Ludmila – pre-war photo 2

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Ludmila – pre-war photo 1

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Antoni in kindergarden play

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Infant Antoni 5

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Infant Antoni 4

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Infant Antoni 3

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland

Infant Antoni 2

Antoni Stelmach

Before WWII

Poland