My father's parent's came to the USA from Poland to earn enough money to take back to Poland and purchase land.
While they were here, my father was born. After having earned a substantial amount of money, they returned to Poland and became land owners. My father and his two sisters were raised in Poland. When the second world war started, my father, since he was technically an American citizen, was sent back to the United States to live with an aunt and uncle in New Jersey. He met my mother here, they married, and had me. Shortly before I was born, my father's entire family was killed in Poland by the Bolshevik's in an event called the September campaign. All of their land was lost during that war.
My father never recovered from the shock of losing his parents, grandparents, uncle, and siblings, eight people in all.
He disappeared from our lives when I was four months old. I never met him, but my mother kept a lot of his things for me. I'm now interested in finding living relatives that I may have in Poland. Also, reclaiming the land that was owned by my father's family is a goal of mine. Tarnapole is the city where my paternal grandparents lived in Poland. Tarnapol is now a part of the Ukraine and has recently become a member the European Union. Hopefully, reclaiming what was once Polish land before the war, from the Ukraine, will be a possibility. I would be interested in knowing if anyone knows someone who has been successful with this process, or you know someone from this region of Poland. I look forward to a response. My other glass slipper is somewhere out there!
Polish Princess
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