PROFILES Varlam Shalamov – a perceptive observer of human suffering Leon Barszczewski (1849-1910) – colonel in the tsarist army, photographer, geologist, ethnographer, researcher of Central Asian peoples Helping the Youngest – Maria and Kazimierz Wodzicki Józef Owsiany – Sybirak’s Loneliness Jadwiga née Jarka Cooper – one of our most colourful Auckland Polish community members Arseniusz Lalič – a Croatian by birth, a Pole by heart Gustaw Herling-Grudziński – a man who experienced a lack of humanity And his grave was trampled by horses… Szymon Konarski Pr. Władysław Bukowiński – “the apostle of Kazakhstan” « Older Entries
Leon Barszczewski (1849-1910) – colonel in the tsarist army, photographer, geologist, ethnographer, researcher of Central Asian peoples