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Kresy Family group
1 History of Kresy
- WWII Timeline
- Pre-war memories of Osady (Settlements)
- Life on an Osada
- Family Research Links
- Maps
- Plans of osady
2 Invasion- Germany invades Poland from the west
3 Deportation to Siberia - the USSR invades Kresy from the east. NKVD arrest and deport approx. 1 million Polish citizens
4 Life in Siberia- a struggle to survive against all odds
- Stalin's Ethnic Cleansing - accounts of life during deportation
- Family Research Links
- A present-day view of a GULAG (Jerry Kubica)
- Maps
- March of the Sybiraks
5 "Amnesty"- the journey south to join the Polish Army
6 Formation of the Polish Army in southern USSR
- The formation of the Polish Army
- Tatischewo, Totskoye and Buzuluk as seen today (Jerry Kubica)
- Maps
- Soldiers' Rations
- Enrolment Posts
- Army in Totskoye
7 Evacuation to Persia (Iran)- limited by border closure
- Evacuation from USSR to Persia- lists of names (only civilians)
8 Training - transformation of refugees into a Polish Army in the Middle East
8a Wojtek - the Bear that went to war
9 The Polish Armed Forces
10 Civilian Life following departure from Siberia to many parts of the world
Lebanon
Mandatory Palestine
Mexico
11 Life after the War
12 Recollections - survivors and their descendants tell their stories
- Family histories
- Obituaries
- Osady - Military Settlements 1921-1940 - life before deportations
- Stalin's Ethnic Cleansing - life after deportations
13 Arts - poetry and artwork related to Kresy and the deportations
14 Family Research Links - links to sources and databases
15 About Us
Purpose and activities of Kresy Family
List of Management Committee