Anna Sobko "One from Russia, the other from Prussia, and the devil dropped you all here!" The "Wisła" action and settlement in Pomerania in the memories of the former residents of Zahoczew.

Abstract

The report by Anna Sobko (nee Kałuc) is primarily a story about the traumatic events of 1944-1947, which were encountered by Polish citizens of Ukrainian nationality living in three pre-war voivodeships - Krakow, Lublin and Lviv. Under international agreements and decisions of the Polish authorities, they were resettled to the USSR and then - as part of the "Vistula" Action - to the Western and Northern Lands. Ms. Anna, along with her entire family, was deported from Zahoczewo near Lesko to Smołdzino in Pomerania between April and May 1947. Her memories intricately detail their arrival to a new place of residence, living conditions, relations with other groups of the population and adaptation to the new cultural landscape, which changed from the Bieszczady to the Baltic region.

Keywords

• resettlement
• zahoczew
• smołdzino
• world war ii
• jaworzno