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Post by Jaga on Feb 24, 2018 0:48:28 GMT -7
Siennica is a town where my father's mother was born. She came from a noble family of Czarnocki. My father took me once there. The manor where my grandmother lived was not there anymore, but we could still see some animal stables. I never knew my grandmother, since she died when my father was 12 years old on tuberculosis during WW II. But I still remember my great grandmother, since she lived almost until 90 years old. She was a strong woman. She had a pumpkin garden. As far as I know, her husband was not a good man. Siennica is not far from Warsaw, in a lowland. It had a difficult history. Below a fragment from Wikipedia: In 1864 the Russian imperial authorities liquidated the monastery (for more details see: Anti-Polish sentiment); nevertheless, two years later a theological college was founded there by the Catholics. In 1869 Siennica lost its civic rights by a Tsarist decree.
On September 13, 1939, Nazi German troops entered Siennica and burned it down. Following Operation Barbarossa they deported about 700 Jewish residents of town to extermination camps.here is a general view: I found Czarnocki's street - which is probably located where the noble house (minor) was located originally.
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Post by karl on Feb 24, 2018 13:40:21 GMT -7
Jaga
Thank you most kindly for sharing a very interesting portion of your life. It appears by heritage of your bloodline, you are of a Noble family. I am sorry of the loss of your Grand Mother from Tuberculosis during the war, and of the loss of Siennica in operation Barbarossa, it was a long and terrible war.
I do with hope, that family photos were saved from the war years, for this is a part of both memories and portions of the heart that are a life time.
Karl
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Post by Jaga on Apr 15, 2018 4:57:35 GMT -7
Karl, on my grandma side there is a noble family, but the greatgrandpa (my dad's grandfather) was a wealthy farmer, who sent his oldest son (my grandpa) to study engineering and coal mining to politechnical school in Austria, which was a big thing is these times. On my mother side (Silesia) - it was just a proletariat
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Post by karl on Apr 15, 2018 8:54:26 GMT -7
Karl, on my grandma side there is a noble family, but the greatgrandpa (my dad's grandfather) was a wealthy farmer, who sent his oldest son (my grandpa) to study engineering and coal mining to politechnical school in Austria, which was a big thing is these times. On my mother side (Silesia) - it was just a proletariat Jaga What an interesting family back ground you have.. Both your self and Pieter are of such good family as to be most admirable. Thank you once again for sharing with your family history, for this is most precious and sensitive. Karl
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