It's a toss-up whether Hitler or Stalin killed more people in Ukraine during WWII - both were directly responsible for the deaths of many millions of innocent civilians. The country was totally devastated. The atrocities committed by Stalin are only recently coming to light in the West. "Both were guilty of war crimes and genocide in Ukraine on such a massive scale that they are virtually unequaled in history". . [http://www.infoukes.com/history/ww2/page-19.html] My TYSSOWSKI ancestors are from Lwów/Lvív in the region once called "Galicia" in southeastern Poland. This included a large part of what is now western Ukraine. I will always regret that I didn't have the necessary visa to visit Ukraine when I was in Poland in 2004. It's not hard to understand why the work of this talented artist provoked such profound emotions in her audience.. Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg This video shows the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00. She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.. The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with 8 to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million. Kseniya Simonova says: "I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there's surely no bigger compliment." Frank

I have seen this video. It is truly amazing! I recommend it to everyone. Pat House -------------------------------------------------- From: "Frank Johnson" <paco@gbis.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:02 AM To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Subject: [PBS] Amazing Art from Ukraine > It's a toss-up whether Hitler or Stalin killed more people in Ukraine > during WWII - both were directly responsible for the deaths of many > millions of innocent civilians. The country was totally devastated. The > atrocities committed by Stalin are only recently coming to light in the > West. "Both were guilty of war crimes and genocide in Ukraine on such a > massive scale that they are virtually unequaled in history". . > > [http://www.infoukes.com/history/ww2/page-19.html] > > My TYSSOWSKI ancestors are from Lwów/Lvív in the region once called > "Galicia" in southeastern Poland. This included a large part of what is > now western Ukraine. I will always regret that I didn't have the > necessary visa to visit Ukraine when I was in Poland in 2004. > > It's not hard to understand why the work of this talented artist provoked > such profound emotions in her audience.. > > Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg > > This video shows the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, > 24, > drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how > ordinary > people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her > talent, > which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. > > The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to > tears > and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00. She begins by creating a > scene > showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but > then > warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.. > > The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in > four of the > population being killed with 8 to 11 million deaths out of a population of > 42 million. > > > Kseniya Simonova says: > > "I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or > paintbrushes, > but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war > is > used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. > > And there's surely no bigger compliment." > > Frank > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Frank: Was your wife's name Louise? your son Brian?  Was she from rural Withee WI Chris --- On Mon, 1/11/10, Frank Johnson <paco@gbis.com> wrote: From: Frank Johnson <paco@gbis.com> Subject: [PBS] Amazing Art from Ukraine To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 9:02 PM It's a toss-up whether Hitler or Stalin killed more people in Ukraine during WWII - both were directly responsible for the deaths of many millions of innocent civilians.  The country was totally devastated.  The atrocities committed by Stalin are only recently coming to light in the West.  "Both were guilty of war crimes and genocide in Ukraine on such a massive scale that they are virtually unequaled in history". . [http://www.infoukes.com/history/ww2/page-19.html] My TYSSOWSKI ancestors are from Lwów/Lvív in the region once called "Galicia" in southeastern Poland.  This included a large part of what is now western Ukraine.  I will always regret that I didn't have the necessary visa to visit Ukraine when I was in Poland in 2004. It's not hard to understand why the work of this talented artist provoked such profound emotions in her audience.. Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg This video shows the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent",  Kseniya Simonova, 24,  drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II.  Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00.  She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.. The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with 8 to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million. Kseniya Simonova says:  "I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me.  The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there's surely no bigger compliment." Frank ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message