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Main street in Okmiany |
The farm house |
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Kitchen |
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The farmyard |
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Wood burning stove |
Sample of wooden furniture |
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Resettlement
After the Vistula Operation, Lemkos were resettled in villages in the former German territories of western and northern Poland. These were lands "recovered" from Germany by Poland after WW II.
The village of Okmiany in Silesia is one such resettlement village. Below are photos of a typical homestead Lemkos were placed in. The wooden furniture and wood burning stove were left behind by the original German settlers when they were forcibly expelled in 1947. The Lemkos "inherited" this abandoned furniture and the photos below are an interesting study of farm life among older Lemkos. This lifestyle is fast disappearing. This was the homestead of Susyn Mihalsky's grandmother who sold the farm shortly after the death of her husband (Susyn's grandfather).
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Main street in Okmiany |
The farm house |
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Kitchen |
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The farmyard |
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Wood burning stove |
Sample of wooden furniture |
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Some more photos of the homeland
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| Nice winter shot of the Tatra region in winter |
Foundation of a former Lemko barn, burned in 1947
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Unknown village |
Unknown village |
