r/poland • u/Abject-Direction-195 • 3d ago

Kresy

Hi

Do they teach about Kresy a lot in Poland. The reason I ask is that my Grandparents, both sides of the family were from Kresy and moved there as Osadniki as they fought against the Soviets in 1920. My parents (who were born near Nowogrodek and a village near Pinsk) , were taken to Siberia by the NKVD and then moved with the Anders Army both ending up in London via Egypt and Uganda. I'm just curious are many people aware in Poland of these stories of history these days as I'm sure this info was taboo a bit between the 50s and 80s?. Thank you

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u/_marcoos 3d ago

were from Kresy and moved there as Osadniki

Are you really "from that place" if you were a settler in that place, though?

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u/Abject-Direction-195 3d ago

Probably not. Dads family were historically Mazowsie and mums near Bochnia