Franciszek Raczkiewicz born June 14 1904

A life ending at age 39--shot in the Rotunda in Zamosc. This was the tragic end to the life of Franciszek Raczkiewicz (my great uncle) in 1943. Janina Bender's (Tomasz Raczkiewicz's grandmother) testimony (August 25, 2010) was that their land was given to new settlers. Franciszek was caught trying to steal his own corn to prevent the starvation of his family. Franciszek was born in the “town Tomaszów” today (June 14) in 1904. His parents were Jan, age 39 and Katarzyna, age 34 who were living in the village Sabaudia. Franciszek was the 8th of 9 children. In the presence of witnesses, Jan Skurcz, age 25, and Pawel Kiec, age 30, both peasants, living in the village Sabaudia, the birth was registered. At the Holy baptism performed on June 16, his godparents were the first witness, Jan Skurcz, and Teressa Lisikiewicz. He was given the name Franciszek in honor of Saint Franciszek Xavier. This missionary was known for kindness and a reputation for good deeds. St. Franciszek Xavier advocated friendship to bridge cultures and he had connections with political figures from different countries as well as many normal people. Franciszek Raczkiewicz was married to Stanislawa. They had one son, Jozef. Franciszek and Stanislawa’s son Jozef died in Libya, Africa in 1990, bitten by an insect. He was there for a work contract. He previously studied chemistry in Wroclaw. It is common for people from Poland to go somewhere else to earn money and return. (Some people in the United States do that also.) Libya and Poland developed ties during the time that Poland was still communist. The two countries developed trade deals together “The employees of “Budimex”, “Dromex”, “Kopex” or “Polimex-Cekop” built roads, factories, gas and oil pipelines, sugar factories and realised housing contracts. In turn, the Foreign Trade Enterprise “Polservice” sent experts to Libya for individual contracts, including engineers, geologists and chemists. Polish cartographers prepared the regional plan for Tripolitania and detailed plans for 79 Libyan cities. Many Polish doctors and nurses from surgery teams worked in Libya under the contracts realised by the “Polservice”. https://przystanekhistoria.pl/pa2/tematy/english-content/71064,Muammar-Gaddafis-Libya-a-forgotten-ally-of-the-Polish-Peoples-Republic.html Jozef and his wife Danuta (living) had two daughters who live in Krakow. They would be my second cousins but I don’t know their names yet. Image: By 『中公バックス 日本の歴史 別巻2 図録 鎌倉から戦国』より。, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1262310