Poles from Bukowina in romanian army

[Janek19801119]

Hello.

In romanian Bukovina there are 4 villages with polish people living there. They came there in the end of XVIII and begining of XIX cent. Names of the villages are: Poiana Micului, Cacica, Solonetu Nou and Solca. They are situated just north from Gura Humuruli. Thouse Poles never lost they nacional identiety and never mixed with other nations. I know that during II WW some of them have served in RO army and some did some labours for army. In 1944 one of thouse villages was pacified by Germans for suporting soviet partisants.

Polish villages are situate near each other so I presume that they have served in one unit.

So My question is : What unit was it?

Thants in advance for anwsers.

ps. This year I had once more oportunity to visit Romania. As allways it was great journey!!!

[manu_21]

Hello Janek (witam)

I can't answer, because I need also information about the Polish soldiers from Bukovina. I had a mate from Poiana Micului, and she had a book about the Poles from Bukovina. I remember that there was written something about the WWII and the influence, but not so much... When I will find something, I will write here. I can't promise yet.

You're right about the Poles from Bukovina. They had never lost their identity, they don't mix with Romanians or other minorities. I remember when my mate told me that Poiana Micului is splited in two parts: the Romanian part and the Polish part. Despite of this, they also respect the Romanian nation and Romanian people. King Carol II regarded the Polish minority as the best minority from Romania.