Shoreham Airport
in 2026, we visited Shoreham Airport. The highlight of our visit was the The Shoreham Airport Collection, aka the Shoreham Airport Visitor Centre.
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Leopold Amersin: A Treuhänder in Occupied Kraków
Leopold Amersin was the Treuhänder (trustee) appointed to run the Aryanised firm A. Nussbaum in Kraków. His name appears repeatedly in the documents relating to the Englard family, including those used in the reconstruction of Mala Englard’s story, published earlier on this site.
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Tracing A Name Through Occupied Kraków: Mala Englard
Navigating the oppressive and often deadly bureaucracy of occupied Kraków. This is the story of Mala Englard, a young Jewish woman. From residency denied to reversal.
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Wanda Delong: Resistance Fighter From Cieszyn
Biography of the Polish resistance fighter from Cieszyn who didn’t come home. In my mother’s photo album sits a photo of Wanda Delong ‘sarenka’, clearly in my mother’s heart.
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Minute’s Silence at Worthing Town Hall in 2026
The Minute’s Silence at Worthing Town Hall to commemorate the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine took place on Tuesday, 24 February 2026.
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Salomea Berlińska: From a Cieszyn Schoolroom to the Kraków Ghetto?
This biography about Salomea Berlińska is a companion piece to my main article on the Handlówka in Cieszyn Class of 1936, where her signature first appears.
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Worthing Fundraiser for Ukraine’s Border Guards and UAV Units
My friend Yaroslava from Worthing, West Sussex is running a fundraiser in support of Ukraine. She is donating a book (in Ukrainian), in which she is a contributing author. You can win the book, which is signed by Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukrainian Ambassador to Great Britain.
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The Girls of Handlówka in Cieszyn: Class III.B of 1936
This project focuses on a 1936 pre-war photo album that belonged to my mother, Aniela Szkawran, who studied at the Miejska Szkoła Handlowa (Handlówka in Cieszyn).
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Commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day in Worthing: 27 January 2026
On Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2026, local communities will gather at the Holocaust Memorial Tree in Worthing.
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Brandon Mitchell: Combat Medic With The Armed Forces of Ukraine
Updated 6 April 2026. Meet Brandon Mitchell, a combat medic with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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What is Substack?
In simple terms, Substack is a home for independent writing. Think of it as a cross between a personal blog and a digital magazine that gets delivered directly to your email inbox.
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Jake Broe’s Videos About The War in Ukraine: 2026 Latest Updates
Updated 11 August 2026. An introduction to Jake Broe and his YouTube channel (with link to his channel), from where he regularly reports on the war in Ukraine.
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