“Survival and Revival: How the Lemko Rusyns of Poland
Overcame Akcja Wisla”
Saturday, May 14, 2005 2 – 4 PM
Wayne Public Library
461 Valley Road
Wayne, NJ
Refreshments will be served
How
did the Lemko Rusyns respond collectively to forced
expulsion from their homeland? You may have heard the
story of Akcja Wisla; now find out what happened
afterwards. Learn how your ancestors rebuilt their
community life in a foreign hostile place over the
decades after their 1947 expulsion from their homeland
in what is now southeastern Poland. Learn how some even
managed to return to their Lemkovyna homeland and what
efforts they are undertaking today to help themselves.
The
speaker for this program will be Susyn Mihalasky, a
history instructor at Sussex County Community College in
Newton, New Jersey. Her mother and maternal ancestors
were among those resettled during Akcja Wisla. Ms.
Mihalasky has researched Lemko history extensively and
has written articles on Lemkos for both academic and
popular press publications in North America and in
Europe. In addition, she has also lived in Lemkovyna.
For further information, please call (973) 540-0871 or
send an E-mail to
NJ Public
Relations.