Lucyna Artymiuk from Melbourne, Australia has started a blog in anticipation of her September 13 trip to Poland. At A Odyssey into Shadows she introduces her blog as follows:

In a conversation with my friend Helen I mentioned that I would maintain a diary of my trip to Europe. She suggested that I maintain a blog. So here I hope to document my feelings, and happenings on this Pilgrimage into the past and my meetings with newly discovered family members. I hope in this way to convey to my friends around the world a sense of this journey.

At the Kresy-Siberia newsgroup she writes:

On 13 September I am flying off to Warszawa. The trip will be my third but this time it will be like a family pilgrimage as I will be meeting many of the newly discovered family members. Also I have read so much more about the past and also have acquired so much more knowledge of Polish history. So my visit will be so much more richer this time.

For those unaware, the Kresy-Siberia Group is composed of Poles and Polish émigrés from eastern Poland. They, as well as their children and grandchildren, formed the group to remember those who were forcibly exiled by the Soviets from the eastern Polish borderlands (many of whom were exiled to Siberia). Kresy is a term for the Polish borderlands which are now part of the western Ukraine and Belarus.

The Group has a lot of information on-line is is a great resource for research, remembrance and recognition of those who were exiled. If you are interested in history or even family genealogy, or if you are looking to trace relatives who were deported from Poland or who fought for Poland during the Second Word War, the Group is a gem.

The Group’s slogan is:

“Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two.”

I’ve add Lucyna’s blog to my blogroll so you can follow the progress of her journey.

powered by performancing firefox