Anna (Hanka) Pawłowicz (married name Szelewicz), was born in 1925. Her family lived in Jozefina near Poświętne, where her father, Aleksander Pawłowicz, worked in the private forests of Princess Mirska. When the Soviets came in 1939, Aleksander was arrested and taken to prison in Białystok. Anna’s mother, Elzbieta Pawłowicz, got permission to take a parcel to him. She went to the city on 9 February 1940, leaving her five children in the care of their grandmother. Unfortunately, the next day at 6am the encroachers came for the family. When Elżbieta returned from Bialystok and saw the empty house, she reported to the NKVD and asked to be taken to where her children were. The children were deported to the village of Kwitok near Tajshet. Elisabeth was not joined by the Soviets with the children – she was working at clearing the forest. She only reached them after six months. During this time, the youngest daughter – Elzhunia – died. After the children were found, mum worked in an orphanage. Zbigniew joined the Anders Army. He died of pneumonia in 1942 in the territory of the Soviet Union. In 1943, Anna and her older sister joined General Berling’s Army. In July 1943, they went to Sielce. She served in the 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division; 2nd Light Artillery Regiment, Independent Liaison Company. She witnessed the Warsaw Uprising. Aleksander Pawłowicz found his wife already in Siberia while his daughters were already in the army. They returned to Poland in 1946. The father then became a forester in Pomiechówek. Anna worked after the war in the Ministry of Machine Industry, among other things. The above telegram was sent in 1946 to Hanka Pawłowicz and informs her of the return of her parents: Elżbieta and Aleksander Pawłowicz to Poland.