During the last decades of the 19th century and early 20 century, about two million people from all regions of the former Kingdom of Poland occupied by Russia, Prussia, and Austria emigrated to the United States of America.

The main reasons were the unsuccessful attempts by Poles to regain independence. All the revolts, especially in Russia, were bloodily suppressed.

Young people were leaving in search of opportunities and freedom.

Fortunately, people were free to leave the country. This would not be possible under communism.

Ellis Island located in New York Bay served as the chief entry station for immigrants to the US from 1892 to 1924.

Nowadays Ellis Island Foundation is building up electronic archives of millions of immigrants. So far they only put up about 30 years on the archives. They also have Web site: www.ellisisland.org

The following Rymaszewski arrivals in America were found in the incomplete electronic records of Ellis Island:

** The geographic names indicate they all came from Poland, i.e. Polish sector of the Russian partition of Poland, marked as Russia. Some records were misspelled due to poor translation from their documents in the Russian language. (E.g. Wiksorya Rimaszewska, should be Wiktorja or Wiktoria Rymaszewska)

• Josef Rymaszewski, aged 25 years, arrived in 1910 from Wasilowczyzna, Russia **
• Jozef Rymaszewski, aged 19 years, arrived in 1913 from Lelance, Russia **
• Kazniws Rymaszewski, aged 38 years, arrived in 1911 from Kuchezyce, Russia **
• Wiksorya Rimaszewska, aged 20 years, arrived in 1911 from Domincze, Russia **
• Leo Rynaszewski, aged 20 years, arrived in 1921 from Berlin, Germany.

Browsing on the internet, the American Social Security Death Index had records of deceased persons whose deaths had been reported to the Social Security. The Index contained the following Rymaszewski surnames:

• (+) Felix (Telesfor) Rymaszewski - (2 Feb 1883 - Jul 1967) 53219 Milwaukee, WI
• (+) Carl M. (Mieczyslaw) Rymaszewski - (4 Nov 1923 - 27 Dec 1988) 53219 Milwaukee, WI
• (+) Peter M. Rymaszewski - (21 Apr 1913 - 18 Jun 1994) 53218 Milwaukee, WI
• (+) Dolores K. Rymaszewski - wife of William, (28 Feb 1923 - 12 Jan 1998) 53215 Milwkee, WI
• (+) William F. Rymaszewski - (3 Jan 1925 - 15 Jul 1988) 53215 Milwaukee, WI
• (+) Edward E. Rymaszewski - (8 Jul 1927 - Jan 1981) 53215 Milwaukee, WI

It would appear from the above, that a Rymaszewski family must have had settled in USA, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(see arrow on the map)

After initial contact through the Message Board of "FamilyHistory.com",
I received the following family information sent to me from Milwaukee by David Rymaszewski.  

Mail no. 004 in Chapter 15(1)

• David Alan Rymaszewski, age 54 (2006)
  901 S. 75th St, West Allis, WI
  53214-3016 USA
  Phone: + 414 771 4780
  Email: FatTimmy68@aol.com
  
• Jody Ann Rymaszewski (neé Bramble) - David's wife, born 11 February.
  Jody is the President of Wisconsin Geological Society.
  
• James (Jim) Rymaszewski - David and Jody's first son, born on 11 September 1982.
  
• Daniel (Dan) Rymaszewski - David and Jody's second son, born on 25 March 1986. Dan obtained perfect score in January 2004 High School Mathematics League.
  

David's relatives in Wisconsin are :

Mother :

• Phyllis J. Rymaszewski, (neé Kwiatkowski) wife of Carl Michael (Mieczeslaw) Rymaszewski.

Older sister :

• Janet M. Rymaszewski, born 1 September 1949, married Terence F. Falk on 20 April 1974. They have two children Katharine and Carl.

Younger sister :

• Lois Ann Rymaszewski, born 21 November 1956, married Mark Alexander Lucas in Milwaukee on 8 October 1983. (Ref: Wisconsin Marriages 1973-1997). They have two children Jaclyn and Gregory.

Youngest sister :

• Lynn Marie Rymaszewski, born of 3 October 1960, married Lyle Wayne Conner in Milwaukee on 25 May 1985. (Ref: Wisconsin Marriages 1973-1997). They have three daughters Amanda, Abigail and Amelia.

Younger brother :

• John Gerard Rymaszewski, born 11 February 1964, married Janet (Jan) Therese Wachal on 17 November 1990. They have two children Angela and John.
Address: 18370 San Lucas Court, Brookfield, WI 53045

David's cousin, Robert (Bob) Rymaszewski, and his wife, Heidi, have been flying kites and show-kites together since 1992.

Bob is the President of Wisconsin Kiters Kite Club in Milwaukee. Search the Internet for the Club's website to see some great pictures of flying kites.

Cousin :
• Robert (Bob) Gerard Rymaszewski, the son of Edward. Married to Heidi Louise Leissring, ANP, CDE, diabetes nurse in Milwaukee. Address: 3266 South 44th Street, Greenfield, WI 53219. (Photo above)

Uncle (and Godfather):
• Edward F. Rymaszewski, son of Telesfor (Felix) and brother of David's father Carl-Mieczeslaw. He is the father of Robert (Bob) above. Edward, born in 1920, died peacefully on July 8, 2005 at the age of 84 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Edward and his late brother Carl-Mieczeslaw were both WW2 veterans. Edward served in the US Navy aboard a ship in the Pacific, a member of Krejci-Brown-Maier VFW Post # 7485.

DAVID'S FAMILY HISTORY

In his emails David Rymaszewski wrote:
See also Chapter 12: Rymaszewski ancestors(2) (19th century)

In documents here in the States of my grandfather Telesfor's immigration, he lists Slutsk 1883 as the place and date of birth, the son of Wincent. On marriage documents his place of birth is Sluck, year 1883, and his parents are listed as Wincent Rymaszewski (father) and Albina (nee) Rymaszewska (mother). In Chapter 11 of your website I believe I have found a link to our family here, where there is a list of landowners in the Minsk Province, dated 1889. I believe that Wincenty, son of Albert, in the vicinity of Sluck may be my great grandfather.

Wincenty and Albina, my grandfather's parents in Sluck, Poland, had three children, all boys:
      1. Telesfor, born 1883
      2. Adam, born 1885
      3. Wilhelm, born 1888

(1) Telesfor (Felix) Rymaszewski, emigrated to the States with his brother Wilhelm in 1905 - see below

(2) Adam Rymaszewski, younger brother of Telesfor, was born in 1885 in Slutsk. He went to study in St.Petersburg and was caught up in the turmoil of Bolshevik revolution in Russia. St.Petersburg was then renamed to Leningrad, USSR. Due to hard life under communism he died prematurely, aged 52, in 1937 during the terror of Yezov, Stalin's right hand man. Adam was married and had two daughters, both now living in Russia.

(3) Wilhelm Rymaszewski, born in 1888, also came to the States. He tragically died in 1918 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aged 30. Wilhelm was never married and had no children.

1905.   Telesfor (Felix) Rymaszewski, David's grandfather, is the son of Wincenty and Albina. Telesfor was born in 1883. The family lived in Sluck (Slutsk) in the eastern Poland under the rule of the Russian Tsar.

At the age of 22 he decided to emigrate to the United States, together with his younger brother Wilhelm aged 17, via port Hamburg in Germany. He arrived in New York in 1905 and settled in Milwaukee area. Five years later, in 1910, he married Anna Zieziulewicz .

1910.  TELESFOR'S WEDDING

Two brothers Rymaszewski, Telesfor (now aged 27) and Wilhelm (now 22), at the Telesfor's wedding to Anna Zieziulewicz at St. Hyacinths Church in Milwaukee, WI, in 1910.

Missing is the other brother, Adam, who stayed with parents in Sluck and was trapped in Russia after Bolshevik revolution.

Wilhelm was the Best Man. He died tragically in 1918, aged 30.  

Telesfor Rymaszewski and Anna Zieziulewicz had 5 children, born in Milwaukee, USA.

(1) Janina, born 1911.
(2) Helena, born 1914.
(3) Alicia, born 1917.
(4) Edward, born 1920.
(5) Mieczeslaw, born 1923, David's father.

• Janina married Ray Dzibinski.
• Helena married Wilmer Heagler.
• Alicia married Norbert Serowski.
• Edward married Eugenia Sobczak.
• Mieczeslaw married Phyllis J. Kwiatkowski.

1937.  The Rymaszewski Family in Milwaukee, USA.

(back row)
Alicia (age 20) and
Edward (age 17)

(front row)
Janina (age 26)
Telesfor (age 54)
Anna ( - )
Mieczeslaw-Carl (age14)
and Helena (age 23)

1943.

On the photo alongside is David's father and grandfather: MIECZESLAW, aged 20, and TELESFOR aged 60. The photo was taken during Second World War.

Mieczeslaw is in US Army uniform. His elder brother, Edward, was already in the US Navy, serving aboard a ship in the Pacific. Next year, in 1944, young Mieczeslaw was also sent to war with the US Army. First to a base in England, and then after D-Day landings, he saw much action in France and Germany.

After the war, Mieczeslaw had his difficult to pronounce first name legally changed to CARL MICHAEL Rymaszewski.

Later he married Miss Phyllis Kwiatkowski and they had six children: three daughters, Janet M., Lois A., and Lynn M., and three sons, James M. (who died in infancy), David Alan, and John G.

Carl (Mieczeslaw), born in 1923, died on 27 December 1988 aged 65, due to illness.

The photo of his son DAVID, taken in 2006 together with his own family, is above at the beginning.

• Jeff Rymaszewski, SBA, Wisconsin University, married to Miss Harenda, Milwaukee, WI.
• Jeffrey J Rymaszewski, lecturer, Real Estate & Urban Development, University of Wisconsin, 513 Brookdale Ct, Sth Milwaukee, WI 53172 1212, Phone: (414) 764-0066

• (+) Emily Rymaszewski, died in 2001 in Wisconsin (fom "One World Tree")
• Lorraine Rymaszewski, South Milwaukee, WI. (listed in 2000 Phone Directory)
• Z. Rymaszewski, biomedic, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

• Ervin D Rymaszewski, 12015 N Sun Valley Dr, Sun City, AZ. 85351-3650, Phone: (602)933-544+

• Sandra Rymaszewski was born in Los Angeles, California (California Birth Index 1905-1995).
• C. & J. Rymaszewski, (listed in 2002 California Phone Directory), CA.
• Jessica Angela Rayes born in Riverside, California, married Rymaszewski.

• (+) Michael Rymaszewski, Danielson, CT. Born 10.11.1882. Died October 1969 in Windham, CT

• Helen Rymaszewski, medical doctor, sociologist, Adelphi University Hospital, 1982, member Medical Society, Florida. (Helen D Rymaszewski, listed in 2002 Phone Directory as Hull, Hollywood, FL) (photo)>>
• John and dr.Helen Rymaszewski, Davie.
  1974 : Harvest Moon Ball Championships.
  2004, Dec.12 : John Rymaszewski at the piano (photo>) during Candlelighting Event at St.Joseph Polish National Catholic Church. Davie, Florida.
• (+) Wanda Rymaszewski, deceased, Davie, Florida.

• Josef Rymaszewski, lived in Cook, Illinois (from Military - WW1 Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918)

• (+) Victoria Rymaszewska, Sioux City, IA.   Victoria came to USA on 6 April 1911. Recorded on Ellis Island as : Wiksorya Rimaszewska (Wiktorja Rymaszewska), aged 20. She married John Gedwillo in Sioux City. Her father Antoni Rymaszewski (Anton in Russian) lived in the Russian partition of Poland, in Minsk gubernia, possibly in the town of Kopyl during the later part of the 19th century. Antoni and his wife Marja (Palahayka?) Polahajska (?) had following children : Wiktorja, Aleksandra, Paulina, Helena (died at age 14), Stefanja and the youngest Piotr. Stefanja went to USA before Wiktorja, and married there Adam Seredinsky (Steredrynski?). (Information on Message Board of RootsWeb.com by Nadine - 16 Mar 2005).
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION received on 13 May 2007:
  Victoria (Rymaszewska) Gedwillo passed away in May 1985, her son John Gedwillo died before her in 1983. Information sent by email by surviving Victoria's grandson, Thomas Gedwillo, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Email: thomasgedwillo@alltel.net

• (+) Adam V Rymaszewski, 11 Brandywine Rd, West Boylston, MA. 01583-2001, Phone: (508)835-39, died in 2001, Worcester, Massachusetts.
• (+) Wanda Rymaszewski, born 28.12.1919, died 28.3.1999, West Boylson, MA. (Mas.Death Index 1970-2001, gives Worcester, MA)
• John Rymaszewski, 49 F St, Hull, MA 02045-1830, Phone: (781)925-142
• John jr. Rymaszewski, Hull, MA. (listed in 1994 Phone Directory)
• Paul Rymaszewski (born 1958) married Marcia Fishman (born 1962) in Randolph, MA in 1994. They have 3 children:
  • Rachel Shari Rymaszewski (b.1998)
  • Matthew Richard Rymaszewski (b. 2000)
  • Melissa Jada Rymaszewski (b. 2003)

• (+) Mary Rymaszewska, born 17.12.1898, died October 1985. Deaborn, MI. (?in Wayne, MI)
• (+) Joseph Rymaszewski, born abt. 1871, resident in Kent, MI, (1910 US Fed. Census).
• (+) Joseph Rymaszewski, born abt. 1884, resident in Wayne, MI, (1930 US Fed. Census).
• (+) Sofia Rymaszewski, born abt. 1882, resident in Wayne, MI, (1930 US Fed. Census).
• Paul Rymaszewski, born abt. 1911, resident in Wayne, MI, (1930 US Fed. Census).
• Jennie Rymaszewski, born abt. 1919, resident in Wayne, MI, (1930 US Fed. Census).
• Tessy Rymaszewski, born abt. 1921, resident in Wayne, MI, (1930 US Fed. Census).

• (+) Anastasia Rymaszewski, aka Wanda Franekforter, died in 1997 in Missoula, Montana (Death Index 1954-2002)

• (+) Walter Joseph Rymaszewski, born in New Hampshire, NH, died in 1988 (California Death Index 1940-1997).

• Eugene (Eugeniusz) J. Rymaszewski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Associate Director, Center for Integrated Electronics & Electronics Manufacturing. 6213, Center for Industrial Innovation. Tel: (518) 276-8657.
• Eugene and Jean Rymaszewski, 8 Windham Ct, Clifton Park, NY 12065-6239
  Phone: (518) 383-6928

• Adam V. Rymaszewski, was born in New York City in 1917 (J.R. Spears - RootsWeb.com)
• W. Rymaszewski (listed in 1994 NY Phone Directory).

• (+) Adam Rymaszewski, from Depew, New York. Private, U.S. Army Transportation Corps, 168th. Took part in American Intervation in Northern Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution, end of WW1 (1918-1919)
• (+) Adolf Rymaszewski, lived in New York, New York (from Military - WW1 Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918)
• (+) Albert Rymaszewski, Born 18.2.1886. Died May 1956.
• (+) Johan Rymaszewski, Pough Keepsie, NY. Born 16.10.1896. Died May 1971, in Dutchess, NY.
• (+) Julian Rymaszewski, East Meadow, NY. Born 24.11.1916. Died October 1995. in Nassau, NY.
• (+) Karol Rymaszewski (Charles Rymashewsky), born on 2 June 1910 (1919?) in Russian partition of Poland, emigrated to USA to Mineola, NY and died there on 6 March 1964. He married Mary Rzeznik. They had a son Richard Rymaszewski, who was born on 15 August (30 July?) 1950 in New York and died on 21 December 1990 in Mineola, NY, a daughter Lydia Ann, who married Craig Esslinger, and a daughter Tina who married William O'Balley. Tina had three sons: Charles Henry, Ethan William and Dylan Michael. [MSR-459,531 - dated 27.02.2000]
• (+) Maria Rymaszewska, Patterson, NY. Born 11.7.1899. Died May 1985, in Dutchess, NY.
• (+) Michael Rimashewski, New York. Born about 1882. Emigrated at the beginning 20 cent. from Slutsk (Sluck) area, Russian partition of Poland. Died in 1969, leaving no children.
• (+) Stanislaw Rymaszewski, Brooklyn, NY. Born 25.5.1903. Died November 1971, in Kings, NY.
• (+) Vincent (Wincenty) Rymaszewski, died in 1959 in N.Y.City, New York (information from Joanie Spears - joaniespears@yahoo.com, dated April 2003).
• (+) Wanda Rymaszewski, Newbrugh, NY. Born 4.11.1912. Died 22.6.1989, in Orange, NY.

• (+) Antoni Rymaszewski, and his daughter Franciszka (Frances). A Note by Franek Rymaszewski, author of this website: I remember my mother, feeling lonely and insecure after the arrest of my father by the KGB during Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland in 1939, mentioned to me that we had a relative in the USA but she did not know his address. His name was: Antoni Rymaszewski and he had a daughter Franciszka. As to their ages, mother thought (in 1939) that "Antoni must be already getting old because Franciszka was probably not a young girl any more". From this I am guessing that Antoni was probably born around 1890-95 and emigrated after First World War from Eastern Poland, probably around 1924.
• Antoni Rymaszewski figures in Immigration - Baltimore Passengers Lists 1892-1948.
• Josef Rymaszewski (Jonas Rimaszawkas) figures in Immigration - Baltimore Passengers Lists 1892-1948. (The name in brackets is the Lithuanian language equivalent, indicating possible residence in Wilno or Kowno area)
• Franz Rymaszewski ), born in Russia (i.e. in Eastern Poland under Russian Tzar's Rule). Franz or Frants, in Russian is equivalent of Franciszek in Polish. From Immigration - see Galveston Passengers Lists 1896-1948 for date of birth.
• Julian Rymaszewski, born in Russia (i.e. in Eastern Poland under Russian Tzar's Rule), from Immigration - see Galveston Passengers Lists 1896-1948 for date of birth.
• N. Rymaszewski, married Lorraine Tuchalski [MSR-77].
• N. Rymaszewski, Elmdale, Greenfield (in Indiana? Ohio? Massachusets?), Zesp.Podst. [MSR-77]
• N. Rymaszewska, married N. Deutsch. Their daughter is Wanda Deutsch. [MSR-476].

• (+) Dionizy Rymaszewski, Youngstown, OH. Born 22.5.1909. Died 26.11. 1995, in Mahoning, Ohio.(Ohio Deaths 1958-2000)
• J. Rymaszewski, Cincinnati, OH, (listed in 2000 Phone Directory).
• dr. Joanna Rymaszewska, assistant manager of Molecular Research Centre in Cincinnati, OH.
• (+) Leon Rymaszewski, Cleveland, OH. Born 25.5.1911. Died May 1977, in Cuyahoga, Ohio. (Ohio Deaths 1958-2000)
• Leon Rymaszewski, (listed in 1994 Ohio Phone Directory).
• (+) Lucyna Rymaszewska, Cleveland, OH.
  Born 30.10.1914. Died 30.7.1995, in Cuyahoga, Ohio. (Ohio Deaths 1958-2000)
• Michal Rymaszewski, Cincinnati, OH, (listed in 2000 Phone Directory).
• Michal Rymaszewski, biochemist.
• Z. Rymaszewski, doctor Dept.of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 1988, Cincinnati, OH.
• (+) dr. Zbyszek Rymaszewski, cardiologist, professor.
• (+) Zbigniew Rymaszewski, Born 4.9.1942. Died 4.7.1994. (Social Security Death Index, and Ohio Deaths 1958-2000) (Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000, gives death 1994 in St. Bernard, Mason, Ohio)

• Dr Stanislaw Rymaszewski, born in 1929.
  803 Martingale Road
  Schwenksville, PA-19473, USA
  Email: rymaszew@jjmb.net
  
  Stanislaw and his wife Aleksandra Pasinska arrived in the USA from Poland in 1980. During the persecution of Solidarity Independence Movement, the family obtained political asylum in the States and remained there as exiles. They have two children, a son Piotr and a daughter Anna.
  
• Piotr Rymaszewski was born in 1964. He obtained a degree of B.A. in Physics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1987, and degree of Juris Doctor from the Cornell University in Ithaca. When Poland regained her independence after Solidarity Movement's victory in 1989, Piotr returned to homeland. He now lives in Warsaw, is married to Malgosia Sedziak. They have two charming daughters: Joanna and Alicja. And recently a little son was born to them on 17 June 2008. He was named Tomasz Stanislaw Rymaszewski. See also Directory of Rymaszewski names in Poland.
  
• Anna (Ania) completed her studies at St.Joseph's University in Philadelphia with overseas program in Strasburg, France. She married John Jason Brzozowski and lives in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.
  They have a beautiful daughter Sabina (Sabinka) (see photo alongside), a son Dominik born in March 2005, and another little girl Sofie born in 2007.
  Anna's email: jjmb@jjmb.com

Mail no. 006 in Chapter 15/1


Stanislaw Rymaszewski with his wife Aleksandra Pasinska (Olenka) and their grand-daughter,
lovely Sabinka Brzozowski

Stanislaw's father: Boleslaw

• Boleslaw Rymaszewski (the son of Stanislaw) lived with his parents in the Polish territory of the Russian Tsars Empire, on their estate in Rudniki (see map, middle-top edge) near Kopyl, Minsk guberniya (province). After Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 he left home and escaped to resurrected in 1918 independent Poland where he lived with some relatives in Nieswiez (Nesvizh). Boleslaw's three sisters, who remained under Communist terror in what became a Belorussian Soviet Republic, were deported by the KGB with their families to inhuman life in Kazakhstan steppes with no right to return.
  
  Around 1928, Boleslaw left Nieswiez and settled in Nowogródek district where he had a position of a ranger-gamekeeper in the lake Switez state forests inspectorate. He had a cottage and office in Kuszelewo where he lived with his family, and they built a new house in nearby town Nowojelnia (Novoyel'nya).
  

Stanislaw's mother: Maria

• Maria (daughter of Klement) from the family of Sapieszko, lived with her four brothers and parents in Szostaki, near Minsk in tsarist Russia. Maria, similarly to Boleslaw, escaped to Poland from the Bolshevik-Communist terror together with two brothers.
  
  One brother - Walerian - settled in Wilno and became a policeman. When the Soviets reoccupied eastern Poland after the war in 1945, Walerian in Wilno was arrested and sent to hard labour in Donbas mines. The other brother - Florian - a former graduate of a Russian officer's college, became a captain in Polish Border Guards (KOP). The other two brothers who remained on the Soviet side of the border were arrested by the KGB: Witold - spent over 20 years in prisons and gulags, finally at notorious Solovetskiye Islands on White Sea; Ksawery - disappeared without trace.
  

Photo depicts a typical family of Polish inhabitants of "Kresy" - the Borderlands or Eastern Frontier, in the tsarist Russian sector of partitioned Poland. After Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 they became subject to Stalin's terror and gradual extermination.

Stanislaw's maternal grandmother is in the centre of the photo and his two uncles with their wives and children each side. Witold on the left, spent over 20 years in prisons and gulags, including the notorious Solovetskiye Islands on White Sea. On the right, Ksawery, also arrested by the KGB, disappeared without trace, no doubt killed.

Boleslaw and Maria had three children:

• Bohdan, born in 1927, who was studying in Nowogródek and lived in lodgings.
• Stanislaw (Stashek), born in 1929, attended local school in Kuszelewo.
• Regina (Renia), born in 1935, an infant.

1939  -  KRESY, Poland

The Soviet apparatus of terror, which invaded eastern Poland in 1939, continued its extermination of Polish population.

On 10 February 1940, ten year old Stanislaw (Stashek) (he is on the left at the bottom of the photo) was deported together with his parents Boleslaw and Maria and siblings Bohdan and Renia, to a gulag in Arkhangelsk area near Arctic Circle, all as labourers-convicts.

Photo taken shortly before forced deportation of the family to penal colony.

Stanislaw's father wears the uniform of a state forest ranger-gamekeeper. According to communist mentality, Polish government employees in uniform represented the privileged class, an "anti-Soviet element".

1946  -   GDANSK, Poland

Fortunately, fate decided that the family miraculously survived slavery and famine for 6 years.

And in spite of their own hardships, Stanislaw's parents also took under their care two children, one each, from other two families whose parents have all died in the gulag.

After the end of war, in 1946, in a deceitful gesture of "goodwill" calculated to consolidate absolute Soviet control and communization of Poland, the family was repatriated by Soviet authorities to Poland, together with any surviving Polish convicts and deportees.

Of course, they could not return to their own homes and possessions as their lands in "Kresy" were already annexed as part of the USSR, and their property was confiscated.

The family, and now 16 year old Stashek, settled among war ruins in port city of Gdansk on the Baltic Sea.

Stasiek is standing first on the left. Then Renia, Bogdan. The parents, Maria and Boleslaw, are sitting.

Bug is the river beyond which the lands to the east in prewar Poland were often referred to as "Kresy Wschodnie" or just "Kresy", meaning Eastern Borderlands.  

"Kresy'" were inhabited for centuries by Rymaszewski families.  

In 1939, this part of Poland was invaded by Communist Russia, the Polish population was "ethnically cleansed" and the area was incorporated into the Soviet Union (yellow coloured area on the map).

1. WYKARCZOWANI zza Buga —
    UPROOTED from beyond river
    Bug (covering period from 1940 to 1953)

The book is written in the Polish language. Apart from his memoirs of personal hardships and survival under communism, the author deals with the fate of all Poles who inhabited "Kresy", the area to the east of river Bug. It also contains thorough analysis of relevant contemporary historical events based on accurate, recently published sources.

If you come from "Kresy" and you can read Polish, I recommend this excellent book.
Third edition, published in 2004, updated and enlarged. Clicking on book cover will link to Amazon catalogue (details, reviews)

NOTE:
The truth about Poland's suffering at Soviet hands has hardly been reported in books and media in the West. Soviet propaganda has been accepted as truth.

The author, despite his age and health, is now trying to translate and publish these books in English.

Any Polish Organisation or sponsor interested in making this valuable work available to English speaking readers, and wishes to offer assistance in any form, will be greatly appreciated.

2. ROZBITEK z "Arki"- Gdynia —
    CASTAWAY from the "Ark"Gdynia
    (covering period from 1953 to 2005)

A sequel book. It relates to continuation of author's experiences in his employment in deep-sea fishing industry in port Gdynia, maritime matters and struggles with the seas, all against historical and political background of a socialist system imposed on Poland by the Soviet Union.

In the second part of the book author describes how he sought political asylum in the USA and his hard life of an exile.

Stanislaw's oil painting "The stormy sea" was used on book cover.

3. W OBRONIE  ZAGINIONYCH  KRZYZY — IN DEFENCE OF  MISSING CROSSES - a Siberian deportee's protest

Recently a report has been published regarding the number of Polish victims who were deported by the Soviets to Siberia in years 1939-1941.

The report was prepared with reference to Russian "historians" who based their fabricated research on former shoddy and fake NKVD(KGB) and Communist Party documents. As a result the number of deportees in the report was cut to one quarter of the real number !

In the face of this gross lie and falsification of history about the repression of Poles by the Soviets, Stanislaw Rymaszewski, a surviving witness, wrote this book presenting the correct, reliable sources and statistics to prove the facts.

In his continuing fight to preserve the truth about "holocaust perpetrated by Communism", he sent his book and a protest letter to all relevant Polish government departments, institutes, agencies and Polish Siberian deportees groups.