When Stanislaw or Stanley Woloszyn was born on 22 November 1926, in Tyrawa Wołoska, Sanok, Podkarpackie, Poland, his father, Marjan Woloszyn, was 43 and his mother, Marja or Maria Trebenda, was 40. He died on 28 November 2012, in Drayton Valley, Brazeau County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Drayton Valley, Brazeau County, Alberta, Canada.
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Nazi Germany invades Poland. Beginning of World War II as the United Kingdom declares war on Germany in response to the invasion. The Soviet Union invades from the east. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them and treat Polish citizens, particularly Jews, with extreme brutality.
The Warsaw Uprising. Poland comes under Soviet control.
From July 31 to August 31 of 1951, the communist authorities of Poland carried out a politically-motivated totalitarian trial. The primary targets of the proceedings were officers of the Polish Army who had served during the first or second World Wars. In order to imprison these individuals, the communist authorities falsely accused these individuals of conspiring with British and American intelligence services. The accused generals were sentenced to life imprisonment and over 20 officers were executed. The remaining prisoners were set free in 1956 after the end of Stalinism in Poland.
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Alicja, Bronislaw, Grazyna, Tadeusz, Zbigniew, Zigmunt.
Polish and Jewish (from Poland) (Wołoszyn): from an Ukrainian ethnic or habitational name for someone from Wallachia (see Voloshin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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