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racheepie   
4 Sep 2008
History / Polish Resistance Pardoned? [11]

Hi

I know very little about the Polish Resistance and Underground Movement from WW2, which my grandfather was part of. Because of his activities whilst with these organisations he felt he could never go back to Poland, because he thought he would be immediately killed as his name would be on a list. Sadly he never did go home. How true is this view that he had? Was there a serious danger if you had been part of the underground/resistance? And if so then did it cease to exist past a certain time. Any help would be greatly received.
racheepie   
6 Sep 2008
History / Polish Resistance Pardoned? [11]

Thanks for the help guys, I've looked at the links and it's made me understand it a lot more. The things I've read are terribly sad, and I feel ignorant for only just finding out about them. It seems a very good thing that he didn't try and return, though it is obviously a shame he couldn't. Especially as he did have a wife and son at home. In reference to whether he fought in Warsaw, I think he may have as his records state he was involved with the 1939 September campaign in Poland. But he wasn't part of the '44 rising as he was with the british Army by this time.

Borrka and ukpolska your relatives experiences sound a horrible thing for them to be a part of and show how it did affect individuals, which is important as statistics can take away the human element.

On a similar note, his son had his mother's surname, even though they were married when they had him, we assume this is because of his involvement with the resistance being of a danger to his family, is this right?
racheepie   
5 Oct 2008
Genealogy / Looking for someone: Wieslaw Zielinski [3]

Hi, I'm looking to find my relative Wieslaw Zielinski he was born on 15th October 1935 in Warsaw. His mum was Janina Zielinska. And he was closely related to my Grandfather, whose surname was Zajdel. It is very likely they died in the war as before the second world war they lived in Warsaw. If anyone knows of anyway I could try and find out about these people, or (highly unlikely) if any of this information about these people sounds familiar to you, please respond to this thread, as we are desperate to find out what happened to them both and to other family members during the war . Thankyou.