Marczak Family
The family were forcibly deported from the Eastern Borderlands of Poland by the Soviets. After 'amnesty' was declared, they managed to leave the USSR. Two sons joined the Polish 1st Armoured Division, the father and a younger son joined the Polish 2nd Corps, and the mother and youngest son were sent to the Polish settlement of Kidugala in Africa.
Longin (Leon) Marczak in the 1st Polish Armoured Division
Longin (Leon) and Jerimi (Jurek) in the 1st Polish Armoured Division
Longin (Leon) Marczak in the 1st Polish Armoured Division
Longin (Leon) and Krystyna, whom he met when she was rescued from the Oberlangen Prison Camp. Germany 1946.
Jeremi (Jurek) Marczak in the 1st Polish Armoured Division
Jeremi (Jurek) Marczak in the 1st Polish Armoured Division
Jeremi (Jurek) examining the shell
Jeremi (Jurek) on sentry duty
Jeremi (Jurek) and friends
Jeremi (Jurek) on ship to the UK in 1947
Stanislaw Marczak - the boys' father
Stanislaw Marczak in the Polish 2nd Corps
Tadzik Marczak and friends
Tadzik Marczak in the Polish 2nd Corps
Leon, Jurek, and Tadzik in Italy in 1946
Tadzik, Mietek, Stanislaw, Leon, and Jurek
Maria and Mietel in KIDUGALA, Africa
Maria and youngest son Mietel in Tehran
Maria and Mietek in KIDUGALA, Africa
Maria and Mietel in KIDUGALA, Africa
Daughter Renia after the war
Where it all began:
Maria, Renia, Longin, Jurek, Stanislaw, Tadzik and Babcia Karolina in 1928