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United States Saturday, October
22, 2005 from 2 to 5 pm
The Polish American Historical Association in conjunction
with the Polish American Congress of Southern California
will host a seminar on October 22nd from 2 to 5 PM at the
Ahmanson Auditorium at Loyola Marymount University. The
topic discussed will be the untold story of the massive
displacement of 1.7 million Polish citizens to slave labor
camps in Siberia during World War II. At the end of the
war, Poland was abandoned by its allies and left in the
control of the communist regime. Stalin strictly forbid
discussion of this persecution and as a result, this epic
tragedy has gone virtually untold.
As part of the presentation, a film entitled “The Forgotten
Odyssey”, produced by Jagna Wright and Aneta Naszynska will
be viewed. A panel discussion featuring some of the survivors,
will share their family’s memories of the Siberian Experience.
Ms. Wright and Ms. Naszynska, residents of London, will
be on hand to discuss the movie and challenges of capturing
the first hand accounts of the Soviet prison camps.
Admission to the event is $5.00. A reception will be held
following the discussion in the history department at Loyola
Marymount University. For more information contact Miss
Jamie Harasick (661) 254-7383, Mr. Richard Widerynski (562)
426-9830 or Mrs. Lucy Borik (714)670-8224.
Europe
28th June 2003
60th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony for those Poles
murdered in 1943
(in Wolyn and Eastern Galicia) by Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-UPA)
Wroclaw, Poland
Program of the day:
10:00-10:30 - Opening at the Pomnik-Mauzoleum (located on
Bulwarz Xaw. Dunikowskiego)
10:30-11:00 - Procession throught the city
11:00-11:30 - Remembrance of the Dead in the market square
11:30-13:00 - Memorial Service in the church of St. Elizabeth
Organised by the Stowarzyszenie Upamietnienia Ofair Zbrodni
Ukrainskich Nacjonalistow (The Association for the Remembrance
of the Victims of the OUN-UPA)
Background to the event: The armed units of
the OUN-UPA acted under the German occupation and sought to
create an ethnically homogenous and independent Ukrainian
state by eliminating all non-Ukrainians from these historically
mixed lands. Often these attacks followed warnings to Polish
villagers to abandon their homes and go to German-occupied
Poland. The horrific ethnic cleansing massacres are a dark
chapter in the history of the Kresy.
12th-14th September 2003
Zlot Afrykanczyków - Polish refugees in Africa
Reunion
Wroclaw, Poland
Main contact: Pani (Mrs) Zofia Daniszewska in Wroclaw, tel.
+48 71 3555292
E-mail contact: Wladyslaw Czapski at czapski@tonexakustik.com.pl
Photos from previous reunions can be viewed
here.
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