In the summer of 2022, one of my friends shared travel plans to Cap d’Agde, on the French Mediterranean coast: west of Marseille, Montpellier, and…
mmotylszaryJuly 9, 2022
As I spent even more time in my apartment and my office than last year, for obvious reasons, I got very annoyed by these tiny,…
mmotylszarySeptember 4, 2020
Naples, Florida in August. It is raining, most days, and it is hot. One of those boring "isolated, scattered thunderstorms" days. The weather has been…
mmotylszaryJuly 18, 2020
During my 70 plus years, I have had many names. Not just nicknames – really different names. It never bothered me and I did not…
mmotylszaryJuly 18, 2020
I am a 6 foot, 166 pounds, 73 year old going on 50. Five years ago, I used to be forty pounds heavier. I take…
mmotylszaryJuly 28, 2020
Lodz is in today's central Poland and its name means "boat". The name is written Łódź in Polish and is pronounced "woo-j(i)" – the "j"…
mmotylszaryJuly 18, 2020
My earliest memories always include the Lodz apartment and the inner courtyard. These European urban courtyards are where kids play, similar to our suburban backyards.…
mmotylszaryJuly 24, 2020
In the third and fourth grade, I was in love for the first time, puppy love or at least a strong attraction to a girl…
mmotylszaryJuly 28, 2020
My parents wanted to leave Communist Poland because they felt their sons would have a better life in a Western country. After the war, from…
mmotylszaryJuly 26, 2020
My dad's older brother Shabtai and his wife Batsheva lived in Rishon Letzion (which means "The First to Zion" in Hebrew) with their two sons,…
mmotylszaryJune 28, 2021
In the beginning of 1958, when I was eleven, I began a new chapter in my life, one that had a tremendous impact and influence…
mmotylszaryAugust 3, 2021
History of Adam Motyl-Szary narrated by son MarianTranslation into Polish masterfully corrected by Ewa Suchorzewska. Naples, Florida31 March 2016 I am writing because my children…
mmotylszaryJuly 21, 2020
One of the difficulties in finding and verifying the information I heard from my father and read in the official documents he left behind is…
mmotylszaryJuly 21, 2020
Historical background from : After securing the neutrality of the Soviet Union (through the August 1939 German-Soviet Pact of Nonaggression), Germany started World War II…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020
So Adam and his two brothers-in-laws left for Russia. Although the pass that my father had for travel to Russia helped a few times, they…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020
With all of the Poles in the USSR either by choice or deported, the Soviet military decided to take advantage of this free manpower by…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020
The first time Łódź (pronounced "wooj" in Polish) or Lodz appeared in the written record was in the year 1332. The name literally means "boat"…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020
Once my parents knew that they were leaving Poland, they started getting ready in earnest. It involved mostly selling things that would not be useful…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020
Things started changing for the better. At Solel Boneh Adam was in his element, working with timber, and he loved it. When he was estimating…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020
Historia Adama Motyla-Szarego opowiadana przez syna Mariana Tłumaczenie na polski język wspaniale poprawione przez Ewę Suchorzewską. Naples, Florida 31 marzec 2016 r. Piszę, bo moje…
mmotylszaryJuly 21, 2020
Jedną z trudności ze znalezieniem i weryfikacją informacji uzyskanych od ojca i przeczytanych w pozostawionych dokumentach jest to, że wiele osób piszących historie, wspomnienia, biografie…
mmotylszaryJuly 21, 2020
Tło historyczne : Po zapewnieniu neutralności ZSRR (poprzez zawarty niemiecko-radziecki Pakt o Nieagresji z sierpnia 1939 r.) 1. września 1939 r. Niemcy rozpoczęły II wojnę…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020
Tak więc Adam i jego dwaj szwagrowie wyjechali do Rosji. Dzięki przepustce, w którą ojciec dostał od Niemców w Olsztynie na podróż do Rosji, kilkakrotnie…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020
Mając na swoim terenie tylu Polaków (ochotników i deportowanych) dowództwo rosyjskie postanowiło zasilić szeregi swojej armii. Odwołując się do uczuć patriotycznych wcielono ich do wojska…
mmotylszaryJuly 22, 2020