Where Did The Lwów Folk Go?
Wrocław (pronounced Vrots – wav) is a city in western Poland, in a region called Silesia, which after WW2 not only became Polish once again...
An Unexpected Development
20.09.2017 My second visit to Kraków, Poland’s ancient capital and a city where my father lived for a few years as his father was stationed...
Warsaw – The Phoenix City
If you have seen the award winning film ‘The Pianist’, you will get an idea of the condition of Warsaw at the conclusion of WW2;...
The Value of Being Objective
12.09.2017 I made the correct decision to stay in Piła, despite its unattractiveness. It is on a main rail line which is important as a...
Paying Respects
09.09.2017 Continuing with my diary extracts. From today, my Interrail card is valid and I’ll be using it to travel between all my planned destinations...
From Ruins To Renewal
Beata Stankiewicz’s discovery brought my father’s story back to life. She even went herself to find the grave and also the house where my grandfather...
A Nationality Conundrum
Throughout this the next blog, there are more photographs of Lviv I would like to share with you. Arriving back from Lviv, on the 19th...
Lviv: The Lion City
Lviv, as it is called today was founded by Leo the eldest son of King Daniel of Ruthenia around 1240. it was absorbed into the...
Ukraine – New Country Old Problems
So it was that in 2014, I landed in a country where a civil war was in full rage, but first I will put what...
Kresy and Galicia
So began my search for any further information about my father’s family. I knew I would have to travel to and research in Poland and...