Posts by Turbowicz

Turbowicz

7 Jul 2012

USA, Canada / What's Kowalski (Hamtramck, MI) kielbasa like? [18]

I remember Kowalski's when we used to visit ciocia and wujek in Hamtramck, but don't recall that we ever purchased anything there. However, I see that Kowalski's is still in business, and they sell via their website. They also provide a few recipes that look appealing: kowality.com

Anybody familiar with Kowalski's products?

And everything that you'd wanna know about wędliny is here; a terrific website: wedlinydomowe.com

Turbowicz

16 Oct 2012

History / The memory about the Invasion of Poland 1939 - today's events [25]

[Moved from]: BBC Radio archives: Hear the news of 1 September 1939

BBC reports about Hitler's 16-point proposal to "resolve" the Polish "Question," the commencement of the invasion, and the memories of William Forrest, a British newspaper reporter based in Warszawa. Nothing like hearing the radio broadcasts of the day:

bbc.co.uk/archive/keywords/53/2.shtml

Turbowicz

24 Jul 2014

Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]

Merged: Zamki kresowe Rzeczypospolitej programs on YouTube

This video series, presented by art historian prof. Stanisław Nicieja, were produced by TVP3 Rzeszów. Very interesting, though sadly, content is low-def at 240p.

I visited Olesko in 2005 when travelling from Lwów to Równe on my way to osada Hallerowo, where our maternal grandparents lived until 10 February 1940.

Here's the program about Olesko and Podhorce, At the time, I wasn't aware that Podhorce was only 10 km away. Woulda gone there as well. Only a small part of the interior of Olesko was open when we stopped there, but the church across the highway was open. There was a small apple orchard near the church and several Ukrainian women were selling bruised and rotting apples that they had collected under the trees. We just gave them money and didn't take the apples.

youtu.be/5OTb03QXi18

About prof. Nicieja: wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Nicieja

Slawomir Stanislaw Nicieja (b. October 4, 1948 in Strzegom) - Polish historian and art historian of XIX and XX century, a professor of humanities, rector of the University of Opole, Senator the Fifth Term.

Cześć od Andrzej.

Turbowicz

12 Jun 2020

Genealogy / Seeking a copy of Na Rubieży, issue 11, 1995 [3]

I'm looking for an article by W. Marmucki about the slaughter of Polacy in the village of Medwedówka, gmina Ludwipol, powiat Kostopolski, Our babcia, Janina Bagińska-Polewska, daughter of Stanisława Sokołowska and Hilary Bagiński, was born there in 1906 (died 1996 in Windsor, Ontario).

I found this text in an article about Medwedówka (now Vedmedivka, Ведмедівка): We wrześniu 1943 r. upowcy zamordowali blisko 60 polskich mieszkańców. Jedną z nielicznych uratowanych osób była kilkunastoletnia Polka, mówiąca biegle po ukraińsku. Napastnicy prowadzili ją ze sobą, ponieważ nie byli pewni, czy jest to dziecko ukraińskie, czy polskie. Miejscowa Ukrainka, która znała dziecko, podbiegła do nich z krzykiem i wyrwała dziewczynkę: "»To mało wam krwi Lachów i jeszcze chcecie zabić ukraińskie dziecko!«. Ten jej gwałtowny gest uratował życie dziewczynki. Po wojnie dziewczynka wyjechała na zachód do Polski i zamieszkała na Dolnym Śląsku w Bielawie.

There were many Bagińscy in other villages in that area west of Ludwipol, so many that, despite the common surname, they probably didn't all know all each other. But that's for another post. Babcia's sister, Wiktoria, also emigrated to the Windsor area, and her brother Witalis was a member of Armia Polska and we believe that he was killed in action. But we don't know what happened to the remaining Bagińscy.

If you wish to know more, there's a Wikipedia article about the murders of Polacy in powiat Kostopolski, and, based on the research of Ewa Siemaszko and her father, the number killed in Medwedówka is higher than noted in the Marmucki article. Translate with Google (if necessary) and scroll down:

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbrodnie_nacjonalist%C3%B3w_ukrai%C5%84skich_w_powiecie_kostopolskim

Dzięki. If you want to know more, please ask.

Turbowicz

12 Jun 2020

Genealogy / Seeking a copy of Na Rubieży, issue 11, 1995 [3]

Thanks much. I'll contact them.

Turbowicz

12 Jun 2020

Work / Hands-on agricultural jobs in Poland? [20]

Do what you love; the money will follow. Ag is marvelous and important as it feeds humanity though not without risk. I remember babcia and dziadzia's worries when rain didn't fall. As long as you're open-minded and flexible, even if you start at the business end of a shovel, you'll soon see higher-valued opportunities. ‎Löb Strauß (Levi Strauss) in San Francisco was shrewd enough to avoid risky gold mining in the 1850s and saw the demand for denim clothing. If you're handy with tools, you can grow into farm-equipment maintenance that is more high-tech than ever, what with electronic diagnostic systems. Consider the whole food supply chain: Starts with the farmer and ends at our meal table. Governments support ag in almost every nation. Maybe there's a job for you helping farmers, from crop or livestock management, to insurance, to land sales, to farm construction, to shipping of crops and livestock, to produce brokerage-the list is long. The keys are passion and persistence. Szczęśliwej podróży!