We met professor Wac-Wlodarczyk in person at the
time of a separate trip to Lublin on July 21, 2004. He was not able to attend
previous meetings in Zolkiewka, because of his business committments. We met
the professor, his wife and daughter with a little gradndaughter (who
immediately charmed us all). I (0087)
arrived from Warsaw with my wife Carmen and my sister dr Anna Religa (0090)
and Pawel Stefaniuk came from Drelow.
The few hours spent with our hosts passed very quickly listening to the
stories about Zolkiewka, professor's and my family there, i.e. my uncle - dr
Edmund
and his four children, of whom three died as fighters during the Warsaw
Uprising of 1944. As children, growing up in Zolkiewka, they knew and were
friends with the professor's father. We looked at old pictures, but were not
able to established definitely the identities of the people in them.
Professor Wac-Wlodarczyk gave us the cellular telephone number to dr Teresa
Borkowska-Wojtowicz, Barbara's childhood friend from Krasnystaw. Dr
Borkowska-Wojtowicz was vacationing in the area, the telephone contact was
sucessful and she promised to forward to us, after returning home to Warsaw,
some written reminiscences and old photographs.
On the way back to Warsaw, before leaving Lublin, we stopped to visit again
cousin Teresa Jaroszynska (0097)
and her son Maciej.
This was the last "stop" of this trip in search for
the traces of the Wajszczuk Family. The trip was very fruitful, emotional and
allowed meeting new persons and gathering new information. We want to express
here our thanks to the organizers of Meetings in Drelow and in Zolkiewka and
to the distant relatives in Sulow, Zamosc and Wysokie for the warm welcome and
hospitality. Special thanks to Pawel Stefaniuk for providing his car and a
driver (himself), his patience during long meetings and for gatherng (electronically)
the documentation. Until the next year!
Concluding this report, I would like to stress that I owe my deepest gratitude
to prof. Wac-Wlodarczyk, Mr and Mrs Grzesik in Lublin, and to Mr Kielbasa in
Zolkiewka for their unselfish involvement and tireless efforts in providing me
with the possibilities of establishing new contacts, meeting several people
and gathering the information about my uncle's family. My most heartfelt
thanks! I also wish to thank numerous other persons, who were willing to meet
with us and share their memories, either in person or by mail.
Text and
photographs:
Waldemar J. Wajszczuk and
Paweł Stefaniuk
(c) 2004
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