Andrew Stepniewski
Deportee Poruszane tematy: Grodno (Second Polish Republic); deportation of the Stępniewski family; Zbigniew Stępniewski (father); Katyń Massacre (1940); family separation; life of a child in refugee camps; Jerusalem – England – USA; career in aviation;...
Sharon Stepniewski
deportee’s wife
Deportee’s wife Poruszane tematy: the process of discovering her husband’s past; her husband’s origins – Grodno (Second Polish Republic); the Katyń Massacre (1940); emigration to the USA; Polish language; Polish cuisine; connections with World...
Adam Stepniewski
deportee’s son
Deportee’s son Poruszane tematy: Katyń Massacre (1940); Polish cuisine, fragmentary information about the family; Freedom of Information Act (USA); need to pass on history to future generations, postmemory; cultural memory Place and date of the recording: ...
Christopher Stepniewski
deportee’s son
Deportee’s son Poruszane tematy: Katyń Massacre (1940); Polish cuisine; fragmentary information about the family; cultural identity; pride in Polish roots; postmemory; cultural memory Place and date of the recording: Białystok / 11.06.2025 A report in English...
Maria Tomaszuk
(née Dudenko)deportee’s daughter
Deportees’ daughter Topics addressed: Alexander Dudenko (6.05.1906/1912–1974) – father’s story; postmemory; father’s arrest (1939); NKVD POW camp in Ostashkov (USSR); interrogation; Soviet repression; hunger; return to Poland; the realities of life in the...
