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Antonina may be seen seated between two friends, location unknown, presumed to be Lwow.

Written in Antonina's writing on reverse, roughly translated from Polish, she has written that this is her mother and her brother in her apartment in Lwow, the occasion appears to be Easter.

Written on the reverse in Antonina's writing:

Mamia

L-R, Antonina, baby Jurek and Bożena Delimata. Bożena was the niece of James Joyce, and married to a Polish jeweller. Antonina met Bożena in Bray and a close friendship ensued, Bożena being eventually chosen as Jurek's godmother. Although Bożena and…

Far left, Zdzisław and Antonina

Antonina may be seen on the far left of this photo.

The Polish II Corps were transferred from Palestine to Egypt in late 1943.

Inscribed on the reverse is:
cetnarowka Lwow 1936

Cetnarowka was the site of a botanical garden in Lwow largely destroyed not long after in WW2.

Antonina's sister and her husband Jarek, on their wedding day in Lwow.

Antonina (pet name Tosia, as inscribed on the reverse in her own handwriting) and her good friend Jadzia, in their nursing uniform.