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Andrzej ST Grodyński (1922-2003) Author of The Grodyński Brigade

This site was constructed in memory of Andrzej Stanisław Tadeusz Grodyński, who on surviving a Soviet forced labour camp with his immediate family members (parents Stanisław and Halina plus brother Marjan), wrote about their lives and struggles in order both to tell their individual stories and to help preserve the family history that they all fought to perpetuate in a 'Free Poland'. The site displays photographs of places, memorials and people that directly or indirectly relate to the Grodyński, Bulczyński, Kusionowicz and Matter families, and in the spirit of my Father's wishes, it is hoped that other family members, close and distant, will contribute photographs and information to this site, so that the images and descriptions can be shared by all who may have an interest in Poland, its history, and its quest through the centuries for self-determination (see maps below).

Stan Grodyński

The photographs of places and memorials, the initial core of which relate to the life of Andrzej's grandfather, Andrzej Kusionowicz Grodyński, are organized under the associated towns listed below and include wiki and map links.

Historic Poland and Beyond - Promoted Quality Images (View QI Gallery Slide Show) Candidate Lists: FP VI QI

Links to Galleries of Towns\Places\Records

 Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns A-E)
    Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns F-J)
       Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns K-K)
          Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns L-O)
             Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns P-T)
                Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns U-Z)

Historic Former Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia)
Beyond Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Czechia, Slovakia, Scotland, England)

Historic Poland's People - Gallery of CDVs, Cabinet Cards & Photographs

Awards & Featured Quality Images (with links)

The Special Barnstar

I've been searching for my Great Great Grandfather's grave for years and stumbled across your excellent photo of Franciszek Sikora's headstone in Milowka Cemetery. My Great Grandfather, Wladyslaw, came to the United States in 1906 and no one seemed to know the family history other than their names Frank and most likely Karolina and that they were from Milowka. Thank you so much for taking that photo! Warmest Regards from the United States - Michael Sikora Msikora227 (talk) 02:35, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Featured Quality Images - Poland

Hercules' Club & Pieskowa Skała Castle Baranów Sandomierski Castle Staircase Bobolice Castle Forest Approach Casimir III Monument & Basilica in Bochnia Brzeg Castle Façade Pakoszów Palace Sculptures Paweł Stalmach Statue in Cieszyn Matter Angel in Cieszyn Cemetery Mary Sculpture at Sunset Restored Statue of Mary dusk in Gdów Cemetery 1846 Gdów Battle Monument Archangel Raphael near Brody Karpacz Vang Church Cemetery View Casimir III in Kazimierz Dolny Market Square Jagiellonian University Maius College Statue Kraków Shop Glass Display off Main Market Square Church of Saint Mary & Cloth Hall Towers Edward Stehlik Sculpture at Church of St Mary Sculpture at 17 Kanonicza Szczepański Apartment Roof Sculpture Stained Glass in Kraków Perseus & Andromeda Sculpture at Książ Castle 'Lady with an Ermine' in Niepołomice Palace 'Lubomirski Sculptures' at Nowy Wiśnicz Castle Town Hall Sun Clock at Otmuchów Town Hall Great Theatre for Opera in Poznań Mary Statue at Franciscan Church in Sanok     Featured Quality Images - Poland  | Scotch Mist ©

Featured Quality Images - Lithuania

Sculptured wooden doors of Saints Peter & Paul Cathedral, Kaunas River embankments with Meridianas yacht, Klaipėda Boats by Lake Lūšiai in the Aukštaitija National Park Bridge to Trakai Island Castle Visitor Torture Cage ‘Trial’ in Castle Main Courtyard Yachts Moored at Trakai Castle jetty Mindaugas Monument in front of 'New Arsenal' and Gediminas Tower Portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko, Lithuanian National Museum Detail of Portrait Painting of Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) 'Rebel of 1831' - Cybulskis of Verkiai Three Holy Martyrs & Saints of Vilnius, Anthony, John, Eustathius Top of Tower with Statue above Energy & Technology Museum Saint Helena Statue and Sculptures above Entrance of Cathedral Basilica Entrance Façade (side view) of Cathedral of St Stanislaus & St Ladislaus Entrance Façade of Cathedral Basilica Sculptures of St Florian and St Maurus Tree of Life Mural at Kazimieras Būga Auditorium, Vilnius University Murals Adjacent to Entrance to Baltic Philology Hall     Featured Quality Images - Lithuania  | Scotch Mist ©

Featured Quality Images - Latvia

Daugavpils Fortress Inner Gate Jelgava Trinity Church Tower Entrance Latvian Flag over Riga Skyline Barges in Daugava River Freedom Monument - Three Stars Liberty Statue War of Independence Memorial Guard Latvian National Theatre Lighthouse in City Park Barclay de Tolly Memorial Riga Dome Cathedral Tower St Peter's Tower & St Roland St Roland in front of House of the Blackheads House of the Blackheads Façade House of the Blackheads Clock-Calendar Art Nouveau District of Historic Riga City Centre Façade at 4a Strelnieku street Upper Façade at 10b Elizabetes street Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ Entrance Rundāle Palace Coat-of-Arms West Wing Panorama of Rundāle Palace     Featured Quality Images - Latvia  | Scotch Mist ©

Featured Quality Images - Estonia

View from Patkuli, Tallinn Portal at 71 Pikk street Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Alexander Nevsky Mosaic Façade Perspective View across Freedom Square Liberty Cross Tallinn Skyline from Harjumäe hill Barclay de Tolly Mausoleum Water Tower, Viljandi Viljandi Castle Hill 'Convent' wall ruins Castle Park Suspension Bridge     Featured Quality Images - Estonia  | Scotch Mist ©

Featured Quality Images - Austria

Michaelertrakt Fountain Sculpture Detail Ankeruhr Musical Bridge Clock Athena Statue & Sculptures at Parliament St Katherine's Church Façade Calvary Painting in Graz Cathedral Palace of Schönbrunn & Sculpture Hercules & Lernaean Hydra St Stephen's Cathedral Memorial Plaques Michaelertrakt Power on Land Fountain Natural History Museum Dome Ornate Bakery Entrance on Hofgasse Plague Column Sculpture Burgtheater Façade Sculptures Empress Maria Theresa Monument     Featured Quality Images - Austria  | Scotch Mist ©

Featured Quality Images - Czechia

Adršpach Rocks ’Popular Trail' Bouzov Castle Courtyard Fresco Rašínova Corner Sculpture in Brno Brno Basilica of the Assumption Portal Špilberk Castle Drinking Fountain Český Krumlov Castle & Old Town Rooftops Sculpture at Český Krumlov School Hradec Kralove Church Towers & Plague Column Valdice Gate & Mary's Column in Jičín Jičín Amphitrite Fountain Statue Kroměříž Main Square Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc Astrological Clock in Olomouc Virgin Mary Column in Telč John Of Nepomuk Statue & Seminary in Telč Town Hall Sculptures in Uherské Hradiště Prague Astronomical Clock Calendar Statue of St Anne (Charles Bridge) Statue of Saint John the Baptist Detail Statue of John of Nepomuk & St Vitus Cathedral View of Prague Castle from Charles Bridge Statue of John of Nepomuk Jesus Crucifix (Charles Bridge) Havlíčkův Brod Maria Sculpture Kutná Hora St James Church     Featured Quality Images - Czechia  | Scotch Mist ©

Featured Quality Images - Slovakia

Top Marian Column in Kosice Archangel Michael & Marian Column 'House of the Beggar' Façade State Theatre Façade Orthodox Church in Medzilaborce Andy Warhol Umbrella Sculpture Trenčín Pietà Sculpture Mary mourning Jesus Tower of Nativity of Blesséd Virgin Mary Art Nouveau & Cupola - Old Town Building Trenčín Castle from Trenčín Castle Tower Watch Tower Over Trenčín and Beyond Old Town View from Castle Street Sculpture in Spišský Hrhov Spiš Castle View from Spišské Podhradie Storks' Nest in Vol'a     Featured Quality Images - Slovakia  | Scotch Mist ©

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Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns A-E)

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• Arłamów
• Baranów Sandomierski Castle
• Białystok

Białystok Cathedral

Branicki Palace Gate

Branicki Palace

Branicki Palace Garden

Branicki MU History Museum

Lubomirski Palace

• Bielsko-Biała
• Bobolice Castle
• Bochnia

Municipal Cemetery

• Braniewo
• Brzeg
• Bydgoszcz
• Chełm Cathedral
• Chojnik Castle & Pakoszów Palace
• Ciechocinek

Spa Town

• Cieszyn

Market Square (Rynek)

Old Town Tenement Buildings

Churches & Memorials

Alfons Matter Villa

Other Matterówka Buildings

Municipal Cemetery

• Czarny Dunajec
• Czocha Castle
• Czchów
• Elbląg

Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns F-J)

• Frombork
• Gdańsk

Motława River

National Museum

City Centre

Main Town Hall

St Mary's Basilica

• Gdów

Gdów Manor

Gdów Church

Gdów Cemetery

• Gdynia
• Gliwice (Railway Station - Dworzec Kolejowy)
• Gniezno
• Grudziądz

Old Town (2023)

• Hel
• Hrubieszów & Lublin Province
• Istebna
• Jelenia Góra

Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns K-K)

• Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
• Karpacz

Vang Stave Church (Świątynia Wang)

• Kashubia (Kaszuby)

Tuchlino Park-Zoo

• Katowice
• Kazimierz Dolny
• Kowary
• Kraków

St Mary's Basilica

Main Market Square (Rynek Główny)

St Florian's Gate & Juliusz Słowacki Theatre

Jagiellonian University

Hutten-Czapski Museum (Pałac Czapskich)

Szczepański Square (Plac Szczepański)

Old Tenement Buildings

Kazimierz District Buildings (Jewish Quarter)

Corpus Christi Basilica (Bazylika Bożego Ciała)

St Stanisław's Church ("Kościół na Skałce")

Kraków History Montages

Rakowicki Cemetery

• Krzeszów
• Książ

Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns L-O)

• Lidzbark Warmiński

Castle of Bishops of Warmia

Collegiate Church of Saints Peter & Paul

• Lipno

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church

Pola Negri Theatre & Museum

Lipno Cemetery

• Łódź

Izrael Poznański Palace

Palace Interior & Arthur Rubinstein Rooms

• Łowicz
• Lubiąż
• Lublin

Lublin Cathedral

• Lubomierz
• Malbork Castle
• Miłków
• Milówka

Milówka Cemetery

• Mirów Castle
• Myślenice & Lake Dobczyce
• Niegowić
• Niepołomice
• Nowy Sącz
• Nowy Wiśnicz Castle (Lubomirski)
• Nysa
• Ogrodzieniec Castle & Rocks
• Olkusz
• Olsztyn

Saint James Cathedral

Ordensburg Castle

• Opole
• Oświęcim

Auschwitz I

Auschwitz II - Birkenau

• Otmuchów

Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns P-T)

• Paczków
• Pierzchów
• Pieskowa Skała & Castle
• Pobiedziska

Pobiedziska Cemetery

• Poznań

Cathedral Island

Church of Saint Stanisław

Town Hall

• Przemyśl

Cathedrals, Churches & Buildings

• Rudno Cemetery
• Rudziniec Cemetery
• Sandomierz
• Sanok

Church of the Ascension in Olchowcach

• Skępe
• Sopot
• Sosnowiec

Central Railway Station (Głowny Dworzec Kolejowy)

• Strumien
• Strzelno
• Świdnica
• Tarnów
• Toruń

Town Hall & Artus Court

Historic Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (Towns U-Z)

• Wadowice
• Warszawa

Royal Castle

Łazienki Park

Wilanów Palace

Royal Castle Square (2023)

Saint Anne Church (2023)

Royal Route (2023)

Old Town (2023)

Theatre Square (2023)

Gardens & Parks (2023)

Buildings & Sculptures (2023)

• Wieliczka

Salt Mine

• Wojnowice
• Wrocław (Breslau in German)

Town Hall

• Zakopane
• Zaleszany

Zaleszany Parish Church

Zaleszany Cemetery & Horodyński Chapel

• Zamość

Zamość Defensive Fortifications

• Zbydniów (Horodyński Manor / Dwór)
• Żelazowa Wola (Chopin's Birthplace)

Historic Former Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (View Historic Former Poland Gallery Slide Show)

Andorra

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Barbados

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Brunei

Canada

China

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominica

Egypt

England

Estonia

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

Myanmar

Mexico

Netherlands

Nigeria

Norway

Malaysia

New Zealand

Netherlands

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Russia

Saint Lucia

Seychelles

Singapore

Slovakia

Spain

Switzerland

Tahiti

Thailand

Turkey

UAE

United States

United States Virgin Islands

Wales

ESTONIA

• Pärnu
• Tallinn

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Freedom Monument & Square (Vabaduse Väljak)

Town Hall & Square

• Tartu

Barclay de Tolly Mausoleum

• Viljandi

Viljandi Castle Hill

LATVIA

• Bauska

Bauska Castle

• Daugavpils Fortress
• Jelgava

Jelgava Orthodox Cathedral

• Ķemeri National Park
• Riga, Capital City of the Republic of Latvia

House of the Blackheads

Riga Castle

Riga Dome Cathedral

The Freedom Monument

National Opera House

Latvian National Theatre

Art Nouveau District

Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ

University of Latvia - Internal Murals

• Rundāle Palace
• Ventspils

LITHUANIA

• Alytus
• Birštonas
• Kalvarija
• Kaunas

Kaunas Castle

• Klaipėda

Palanga

• Labanoras
• Palūšė
• Panevėžys

Bistrampolis Manor

• Šiauliai
• Trakai Historical National Park
• Vilnius

Adam Mickiewicz Museum

Adam Mickiewicz Monument & Surrounds

Cathedral Square

National Museum of Lithuania

Saints Peter & Paul Church

Vilnius University

FORMER POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH CITIES & TOWNS

• Brześć (Brest now in Republic of Belarus)
• Grodno (Hrodna now in Republic of Belarus)
• Jabłonków (now in Czech Republic)
• Kałusz (now in Ukraine)
• Kobryń (Kobryn now in Republic of Belarus)
• Lwów (now in Ukraine)
• Sarny (now in Ukraine)
• Stanisławów (now in Ukraine)

Beyond Poland - Buildings & Memorials Gallery (View Beyond Poland Gallery Slide Show)

AUSTRIA ("ÖSTERREICH")

• Eisenstadt
• Graz
• Vienna (Wien)

The Hofburg

Natural History Museum

CZECH REPUBLIC ("CZECHIA")

• Adršpach & Adršpach-Teplice Rocks
• Boskovice
• Bouzov Castle
• Břeclav & Border Chateau
• Brno

Churches & Memorials

Freedom Square (Náměstí Svobody)

Old Brno (Staré Brno)

Old Town Hall (Stará Radnice)

Špilberk Castle

Vegetable Market (Zelný trh)

• Česká Lípa
• Český Krumlov

Views From The Castle (Zámek)

Castle Interior & Garden Sculptures

Old Town Streets & Buildings

• Havlíčkův Brod
• Hradec Králové
• Hranice & Helfštýn Castle
• Jičín & Trosky Castle
• Kroměříž
• Kutná Hora
• Lednice
• Liberec
• Mělník
• Mikulov
• Mladá Boleslav
• Nový Jičín
• Olomouc

Town Hall

St Wenceslas Cathedral

• Opava
• Prague

Town Hall & Clock

Charles Bridge

• Telč
• Třebíč
• Uherské Hradiště
• Valtice

SLOVAKIA

• Banská Bystrica
• Košice

St Elisabeth Cathedral (Dóm svätej Alžbety)

• Levoča
• Medzilaborce (Andy Warhol Museum)
• Spiš Castle (Spišský hrad)
• Spišský Hrhov
• Spišská Kapitula
• Spišské Podhradie
• Spišský Štvrtok
• Trenčín

Trenčín Castle Views (2015)

Trenčín Castle Visit (2019)

• Vol'a (Storks' Nest)
• Žilina

SCOTLAND

• Athelstaneford
• Edinburgh

Polish War Memorial Ormiston

Wojtek Monument Princes Street Gardens

• Girvan

Bynehill Cemetery

Doune Cemetery (East & West)

Old Churchyard Cemetery

• Kirkmichael

Parish Churchyard Cemetery

ENGLAND

• London

Streatham Cemetery

Streatham Park Cemetery

Wandsworth Cemetery

Historic Poland's People - Gallery of CDVs, Cabinet Cards & Photographs

• Kusionowicz Family & Acquaintances
• Matter Family & Acquaintances
• Kusionowicz/Grodyński Family & Acquaintances
• Bulczyński Family & Acquaintances
• Extended Kusionowicz/Grodyński Family & Acquaintances
• Extended Matter Family & Acquaintances
• Grodyński Family & Acquaintances
• "Scottish Connections"
• Historical Family Records (Scanned Images)
• Miscellaneous Family Records (Scanned Images)
• World War Two Photographs