ZenonPolishOrigins Team Leader
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:32 am
Post subject: Article: I am Australian. Of Polish Descent.
Article: I am Australian. Of Polish Descent.
Comment, share your impressions or ask author a question.
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NancyMPolishOrigins Matka Chrzestna
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:25 pm
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Ted, thank you for sharing this story with us. Part 1 is very compelling, and I hope you do not make us wait very long for the rest.
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NancyMPolishOrigins Matka Chrzestna
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:18 pm
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Part 2 has already been posted, and it is equally captivating. I cannot imagine living through all the events that you describe. Thank you again.
ps. and part 3?
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ZenonPolishOrigins Team Leader
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:07 am
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The part 3 The COMMOS STRIKE is already on-line
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NancyMPolishOrigins Matka Chrzestna
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:05 am
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Thanks for part 3! I have a question... what is "COMMOS" ?
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NancyMPolishOrigins Matka Chrzestna
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:26 pm
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Ted answered me that "commos" is Australian slang for communists ... we called them "commies" here in the US.
hmmm, so how did Ted get from Poland to Australia? I am looking forward to part 4.
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ZenonPolishOrigins Team Leader
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:54 am
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JamesPolishOrigins Team
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:57 am
Post subject: The story of my life - pt. IV
Ted, Thank you soooo very much for sharing your life story with us. Yours is a different story, compared to most that I've read; people involved in the military battles, held in prisons, and the death camps. I have enjoyed learning about another aspect of how poles lived and survived the war. I was not aware that some forced labor was on farms. Indeed , you were fortunate, considering the whole situation.
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ZenonPolishOrigins Team Leader
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:46 am
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Tad is in Australia already!
Old Pat
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Kengal
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:42 pm
Post subject: LIFE AS A FORCED LABOURER IN GERMANY
James,
I very much appreciate your comments about my life story. I hope that it will continue to be of interest as you read further.
Yes, I was definitely one of the lucky ones because the German farmer was not a Nazi sympathiser. On the contrary, he was a staunch Catholic and hated Nazis.
But some of the other farmers were the opposite and the labourers did experience very harsh treatment.
In fact, the Bishop of Munster made a strong stand against the Nazi movement and was almost executed. I read that the only reason his life was spared was because Hitler was concerned about repercussions from the large Catholic community in that area.
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ZenonPolishOrigins Team Leader
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:38 am
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Part 6: Burrinjuck Dam Disaster.
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ZenonPolishOrigins Team Leader
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:01 pm
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NancyMPolishOrigins Matka Chrzestna
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:31 pm
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Hi Tad (or, should it be Ted),
Your story continues to fascinate me. You certainly know how to tell a good story, have you done other writing? And thanks for adding the pictures.
I looked up "flying fox" and "skip" ... Wikipedia had a good explanation of flying fox, which led me to zip-line ... 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_fox_(cablecar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-line
more, please!
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ZenonPolishOrigins Team Leader
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Kengal
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Location: The Rock NSW AustraliaBack to top |
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:34 am
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| NancyM wrote: | Hi Tad (or, should it be Ted),
Your story continues to fascinate me. You certainly know how to tell a good story, have you done other writing? And thanks for adding the pictures.
I looked up "flying fox" and "skip" ... Wikipedia had a good explanation of flying fox, which led me to zip-line ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_fox_(cablecar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-line
more, please! |
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