T H E H I S T O R Y O F K R E S Y
Osady - Military Settlements 1921-1940
Translation from the book
Z Kresów Wschodnich R.P. Wspomnienia z Osad Wojskowych 1921-1940
(From: The Eastern Borderlands of Poland, Memories of Military Settlements 1921-1940)
Pub: Ognisko Rodzin Osadników Kresowych (OROK)
(Association of the Families of the Borderland Settlers)
London, UK. 1992 and 1998 (out of print)
ISBN 1 872286 33 X
Province (Województwo) NOWOGRÓDEK
BOLESŁAW TROJANOWSKI
OSADA HORKA
District (Powiat) Nieśwież
Testimony by Bolesław Trojanowski’s widow, aged 96 years and her two daughters living in Manchester.
There were 18 settlers in the Horka settlement. There was no school, children had to go to a Belorussian village two kilometres from the settlement. It was a school for children up to a fourth class, older children went to Zaostrowierz, four kilometres away. A church was located in Płaskowicze, also four kilometres away. In the settlement, there was a Village Housewives Association and a Regional Agricultural Association.
The Brzozowski and Zaliwako-Zalewski families also lived In the Horka settlement.