Many people who became displaced were not in concentration camps. If someone has just now told you this, who does not know your family or has not seen any documention, take it with a grain of salt. At the end of WWII, there were many groups of people removed from Poland and sent to other countries. Many were removed from other countries and brought to live in Poland. They were put in camps for transfer purposes. Many were held for years until they were transfer to other countries, such as Australia, New Zealand, England, Canada, US any others. They were called displaced persons. Many Poles in other countries bordering Poland has to be moved to Poland or elsewhere. Poland lost most of its territory at the end of WW II. Poland attained part of Germany. Germans were expelled from all of the Eastern European countries, and sent to Germany or elsewhere. I suggest first getting all the papers held at the archives in Australia so you will need to begin your search on your parents history through this time period. There will be information and identification numbers for writing to whichever organization helped them leave Poland. Tina Ellis From: <bobbysushi@gmail.com> On Behalf Of polandbordersurnames-bounces@rootsweb.com Reply To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PBS] Oleksiuk / Kuper Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:45:52 +0200 I've found out that My grandfather was in a concentration camp during WW2. I'll need to do some googling on this... If anyone has any suggested links..... Also, my grandparents were married in Germany, Nurnberg in 1946, also i'll need to futher look into this... My Grandparents' children (my mother/aunt) said that my grandparents brothers/sisters definately didnt go to Australia. Your 'naa.gov' suggested link ubove, was one of the first places i went to proir to signing up here. And yes, there is a few 'oleksiuk's', but i seems none are either the parents or sister of my grandfather. I have spent many hours searching Australian web sites, and as you suggested, other family members might of settled in others parts of Australia without anyone knowing, so i wont dismiss this even though my family members have said otheriwse. Thanks for the Spelling variation suggestion on Radzon, i look into that a little further. Bobby. -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting

Hi Tim, My mother told me that her father (wasyl) was in a concentration camp. Unfortunatley, she doesnt know of anymore information, and perhaps information on this will be held at the Australian Archives. I have enquired about getting papers from the Australian Archives, as you suggested. My mother and her brothers and sisters were bought up in Australia, and besides english, they learnt how to speak Ukrainian at home through their mother and father. This would suggest that even though my grandparents were born in Poland, they either moved to Ukraine in the early years of schooling, or they had Ukraine Parents and perhaps lived in a Ukraine community in Poland. So i'm not sure exaclty how the Ukraine speaking comes into it. And then Germany seems to come into the equation, when in 1946 my grandparents married in Nurnberg.... Thanks. Bobby.