Tag Archives: Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków.

19.01.2021
Zdzisław Cabaj

I interviewed my father who was born in 1959. In the conversation, dad recalls stories related to World War II that he heard from his parents. From an exciting conversation lasting over an hour, I allowed myself to choose the most interesting fragments in which my father, among other things, tells how German soldiers lived in his parents’ house, and about the German gendarme Engelbert Guzdek who terrorized our region (Powiśle Dąbrowskie). This interview is an example of the second generation memories.

06.02.2016
Emilia Kowalska

An interview with my grandmother Emilia, my closest relative who can remember the war and tell me about it.