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  • Kazimierz Odrobny (1904–1981), 1947
    Kazimierz Odrobny
    “Należy szukać Niemców przyjaciół” (We should seek friends amongst the Germans). The life and work of Kazimierz Odrobny (1904–1981).  Kazimierz Odrobny was born on 8th May 1904 in Kłodzisko… more
  • Portrait of Major Dr Bolesława Zawalicz-Mowińskiego (1903–1993), ca. 1947.
    Bolesław Zawalicz-Mowiński
    Colonel Dr Bolesław Zawalicz-Mowiński (1903–1993), pseudonym “Zawalicz”, “Gończ”, “Witold”, “Stef” and “Dyrektor”.   I. The interwar period  Bolesław Zawalicz-Mowiński was born on 5 June… more
  • The former headquarters of the ZPU in Velbert
    The Association of Polish Refugees (ZPU)
    The Foundation and Aims of the Organisation In 1949, the forum of the Zjednoczenie Polskiego Uchodźstwa Wojennego (ZPUW), the Association of Polish Refugees of War in Paris, was the initial driving… more
  • Jacek Kowalski (1950–2019)
    Dedicated to Poland: Jacek Kowalski (1950–2019)
    An eventful life in the People’s Republic of Poland  Jacek Kowalski was born in Ostrów Wielkopolski on 5 May 1950 to a family with strong patriotic roots. His grandfather, Aleksander… more
  • Monument at the cemetery
    Hamburg-Ohlsdorf
    ANDRUSZKIEWICZ WINCENTY Soldier * 24.6.1899 Warsaw † 22.7.1945 Hamburg Bp 73 Rh. 45 24. 8866/45 2   ANTONIAK PIERRE Soldier * 15.6.1915 Kabały † 12.5 1945 Hamburg Bp 73 Rh. 45 23. 6740/45 2… more
  • Monument at the cemetery
    Hamburg-Ohlsdorf
    ANDRUSZKIEWICZ WINCENTY Soldier * 24.6.1899 Warsaw † 22.7.1945 Hamburg Bp 73 Rh. 45 24. 8866/45 2   ANTONIAK PIERE Soldier * 15.6.1915 Kabały † 12.5 1945 Hamburg Bp 73 Rh. 45 23. 6740/45 2… more
  • Zofia Odrobna, née Ogonowska (1917-1960)
    Zofia Odrobna (1917–1960): the mother to “lost” children
    This is the story of a woman who is scarcely known in her hometown of Przemyśl and who played an important role in the history of Polish “displaced persons” (DPs) and refugees in post-war Germany. In… more
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