WWII Refugees from Poland

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Time: April 24, 2011 to June 23, 2011
Location: Henry & Kay Wozniak
Street: 617 44th St
City/Town: Rock Island, IL 61201-2138
Event Type: wwii, refugees, from, poland
Organized By: i'm a superhero i can like fly and shit.
Latest Activity: Jun 28, 2011

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Due to the expense of mailing these, I will not be sending any china overseas. :(

Both of my Polish grandparents lived through Nazi Germany.

My grandpa used to tell stories about the war and one of them was about working in the china factory, where after they were done eating they would just toss the plates out the window because they were worthless during the wartime.

To me this story is a beautiful representation of the destructive forces at work during that time period, and i would love to capture it in my own art.

We have a set of fine china given to us by my grandparents for our wedding, and we don't host parties at all, we're just not that kind of people. we've hung on to the dishes for going on ten years and i've decided this is how best to get rid of them.

If you would like to receive a (most probably broken or chipped) piece of our wedding gift, please RSVP with the promise you will return the favor by sending back a piece of your own artwork to my grandparents, who hang on to life by thinner threads as the years pass by. These people truly are survivors.

their address:

Henry & Kay Wozniak

617 44th St

Rock Island, IL 61201-2138

RSVP and i will send out one of our dishes.

(one going out each week for 45 weeks)

limited quantity, first come, first serve.

(please post pictures in the comments)

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Comment by Julie (O-kami) on April 26, 2011 at 12:03pm: Cool idea! Thanks for including me.

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on April 26, 2011 at 10:50am: that's fine, will take a while longer for yours.

Comment by Poison Label Productions on April 26, 2011 at 2:57am: great thx...

i am on it...

it may take a week or so to build it tho...

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on April 25, 2011 at 11:45pm: Kazimiera (Kay) Kasal Age 18

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on April 25, 2011 at 7:11pm: @camel: 1946, they just had their 65th anniversary!

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on April 25, 2011 at 6:20pm: @lindy: sending you a dish anyways! and an "invitation to the dead" as well!!!

@camel: asked my sister, she's a good information hub! i'll get that to you asap!

Comment by Lindy Marglon on April 25, 2011 at 5:50pm: Dear Superhero,

I imagine your grandparents something like Jonathan and Martha Kent living in Smallville and finding you in a Kansas cornfield (just like Superman's adoptive parents)... but seriously... I will send them something in the mail and you don't need to send me a dish... save the postage for some other mail artist.

This "mail call" moves me so deeply because just last week I finished the book "The Zookeepers Wife" and I feel "stupid" for being so unaware of how the Polish people suffered during world war 2 - My heart goes out to anyone that survived and how very lucky you are to have them in your life!! Lindy

Comment by Poison Label Productions on April 25, 2011 at 5:05pm: find out the year please

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on April 25, 2011 at 4:34pm: so far i have these people, let me know if i've missed you!

#1 to pamela gerard

#2 to spopod

#3 sue bowen

#4 dewi (if canada post is not ridiculous)

#5 paula

#6 camel

i'll send out one a week for 45 weeks, this week's is going to pamela!

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on April 25, 2011 at 4:26pm: i do have an old photo of my grandma floating around from when she was much, much younger and still in europe! i'll try to hunt it down!!

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