Genealogy / Searching info about Polish relative Poet Leon Pasternak [10]

To call Leon Pasternak "collaborator" is not fair.
Leon Pasternak believed in communism with all his heart and served his belief with courage, and also paid the price by being imprisoned.
Leon Pasternak was a man of honour and I am proud of being related to him.

I know that he was related to my grandmother, since she told me that before she came to Israel in 1935, she used to visit in prison a poet cousin of hers, Leon Pasternak, jailed because he wrote communist verses.

I am doing my family tree and will thank for info regarding Leon Pasternak's ancestors from his father's side, since the relationship bonds through my grandmother's mother Regina who was born Pasternak (about 1860 in Russia, Tula).

I don't think that Leon Pasternak was a first cousin since I heard about Regina's father Yosef Pasternak leaving Tula about 1880 (when land leasing was prohibited from Jews) for Galicia with his three daughters, Regina, Augusta and Marie. I do not remember that a son (who could be Leon's father) was ever mentioned.

I will be grateful for info about his paternal ancestry, as well as for advice upon how to obtain such info.

Thank you,
Talila

Genealogy / Searching info about Polish relative Poet Leon Pasternak [10]

"So what about all those boys and girls, who believed in nazism with all their hearts"

The GREAT difference is that these youngsters of the Hitler Jugend were joiners and earned by their joining,
Whereas Leon Pasternak was a courageous youngster who swam (in the 1920's) against the current and put himself at risk for his beliefs.

History / Leon Pasternak imprisoned in the 1930's because of political activities [5]

Thank you Joe for your helpful suggestion, yet I am well aquainted with this info and hope to get something more personal from people who knew Leon Pasternak.

Info regarding Leon Pasternak's family background will be much appreciated, as well as advice about how to obtain it.

Search as I may the only info I got was that he was married to a Polish film actress.
I am especially interested in info about his roots as well as offspring if he had any.

Thank you,
Talila

News / Peres: Poland one of Israel's greatest EU allies [30]

Poland does not need to be "cleaned" by Peres.

As I wrote in one of your forums a few days ago -
Poland and many Polish people have been good for Jews, which explains why so many Jews settled there for so many centuries. I wish to stress that many thousands - if not ten thousands - of Poles behaved in a saintly way during WW2 when they endangered themselves to save Jews. Its a pity that this side of Poland doesn't get the gratitude that it more than deserves.

My family who came to Israel in 1935, have lived for generations in Poland, had Polish friends and loved Poland.

Talila
(A Jewish Polophil, Tel Aviv, Israel)

Genealogy / Searching info about Polish relative Poet Leon Pasternak [10]

Grzegorz:

The absurdity of your comparison between Leon Pasternak and "Adi" Hitler speaks for itself.
I, on the other hand, remain speechless.

Genealogy / Searching info about Polish relative Poet Leon Pasternak [10]

You wrote -
Adi himself and many of his buddies were in German prisons in early 20's.

I am proud to add this info about Leon Pasternak which i found in the Polish Wikipedia:

Ryszard Marek Groński: "Leon Pasternak był ideowcem do końca, wiernym do ostatniego tchnienia."

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Lukasz thanks for your reply.

I wrote them on April 10, but as I received no reply assumed that maybe the address was faulty.

I wrote to -
Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich
biuro@sppwarszawa.pl

Do you know how I can obtain a reply from them?
Thank you,
Talila