Fw: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Re: Leaving Volhynia for USA

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Hi Carol
I said I beleved that it appeared to be of little
difficulty in leaving Poland during or up to a certain
time , Not Russia. Someone had stated that they thought
that since Poland was under Russian rule, that leaving from
there would have probably been just as difficult as leaving Russia.
I stated that it didnt seem difficult for people in Poland to leave, BUT
perhaps it was if you were fleeing from Russia to avoid military duty.
What happened once you crossed the border from Russia into Poland ?
Did the underground continue to hide these people once they were into Poland
or were you safe after you crossed the border ?
I wonder how people in these circumstances obtained papers to
leave Poland for the US.

Bob


----- Original Message -----
From: <Carolpauly at aol.com>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:48 AM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Re: Leaving Volhynia for USA


> Our grandfather, Frederich Johann Weich, was born in Peresolup, served in
the
> Russian army fighting the Turks.  He came home on leave saying he could
not
> stand anymore bloodshed. Grandmother packed his clothes and he left for
the USA
> in 1888.   He didn't seem to have any trouble but of course he was AWOL.
> Grandmother sold their farm, paying someone to get her, her three children
and
> her elderly mother, safely across the border.  We have never heard of the
Jewish
> underground, have no idea how she got to Hamburg.   She  sailed on the SS
> City of New York  from Hamburg to Liverpool, England and then on to the
USA.
> Records show that almost all the ships leaving Hamburg stopped at
Liverpool
> before coming to New York.
>
> Is Bob Fandrich correct that there was no  problem getting out of Russia
at
> that time or might it have been because her husband was AWOL that she had
to
> travel in secrecy.
>
> Found his passage to the USA easily but not hers.  Finally found someone
who
> had the book Germans to America and they found it for me.
>
> These stories are really interesting as I had always assumed my
grandparents
> story to be unique.
>
> Carol
>
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