Information
on Jan Niechwiadowicz
My
full name is David Jan Niechwiadowicz. My Grandfather on the one side
is Welsh
and my Dad Polish. The agreement was I would be named David first but
known as
Jan. Both sides thought they could win on the name. The Welsh side
never had a
chance.
My Grandfather was Jakub Niechwiadowicz & my Grandmother was
Jadwiga
Dankewicz from Lebedevo near Molodeczno.
My Grandfather was arrested shortly after Russia
entered the war. We understand that he was held in
Molodeczno. No
letters
were ever received. The Red Cross said that my Grandfather was murder
at Katyn
but he is not on any modern list. My Grandmother, Aunt, Uncle and
Father (Aged
6) were deported to Siberia.
My Uncle and Great Uncle went on to fight with Anders army.
My Great Uncle is buried in Wales
and both my Aunt and Grandmother are buried in England.
My Uncle lives in America
and my parent’s lives in England.
It was not until 1973 that I had any interest in Poland.
When Poland
knocked England
out of the World Cup, I was bullied at school. So I thought if I am
going to be
bullied, I might as well support Poland.
Ever since then I supported Poland
rather than England
in football.
Over the years, I gained a keen interested in Polish history. I must
have over
700 books on Poland.
Sadly, I have failed in the past to get more involved in the Polish
community
and carry out my interest into helping Poland.
In
July 2005 there were several individuals were campaigning on behalf
Poles and Poland
here in the UK.
There was an unfortunate incident involving a radio station.
It
was
believed they said “Polish Concentration
camp”. The
radio admitted saying
it to over the phone to me but refused to take any action as they
already had
been reported to OFCOM. OFCOM rule they had not said it hence
no
action
was taken. It would have been better to discuss with the
radio
station
rather than going straight to OFCOM.
The
individuals meet up to discuss how to organise better resulting in the
group. The result was a group now called the Polish Media
issues
group. As moderator of this group I have help deal with
hundreds
of
incorrect facts in newspapers, websites and television programmes.
Support
Poland
limited was meant to help Poles in the UK
(partially successfully) and raise awareness of Polish suffering at the
hands
of the Soviet Union
(almost total failure). The new website is designed to bring
these
together with the work I am doing at the PMI.
Currently I live in Cardiff
and working as an IT consultant (BusinessObjects/Oracle).
