Tell Them…: A Man's Discovery of God's Plan for Him and Mankind

By Jack J. Szpytman

In the course of observing a lifetime of unusual worldwide problems occurring on a grand scale, I found myself asking questions about those complicated situations with the same perplexity as my relatives, friends, and acquaintances. In this writing I address those immense problems with considerable help and guidance from the Lord, explaining why such diffi culties persist in the world, and what can be done to set things right. This is what Tell them... is about. It challenges people in all walks of life.

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Congratulations on a very professional, well written and thoughtful work that should give you much satisfaction for having responded to your inner inspiration. Also, extend my congratulations to Thomas Spytman for the Design and Cover Art. (Your son? brother?)

It is no small undertaking to seek A Mans Discovery of Gods Plan for Him and Mankind. I believe only you will know how closely you accomplished your goal. For my part, it was a very engaging story of your familys life, its hardships intertwined with the remarkable history of Poland. The well pictorial documentation of your story was a great aid in providing a sense of the people and country that you encountered.

-Fran-

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 25, 2007
• ISBN: 9781453515808

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Tell Them . . .

A Man’s Discovery of God’s Plan for

Him and Mankind

A three-quarter century autobiography in a historical setting with most unusual life experiences that eventually brought the understanding of unity in God’s creation.

Jack J. Szpytman

Copyright © 2007 by Jack J. Szpytman.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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Contents

Maps, Photographs, and Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: 1935-First Journeys

The growing-up years; Markova, Poland; First spiritual vision; Canada-Mother and father reunion; Father and son bonding

Chapter 2: 1936-1942: The Depression Years and WWII

Poland, September 1, 1939; Port of Erieau coal terminal; Fishing village

Chapter 3: 1942-1950 City Living

Windsor, Ontario; World War II home front; Journey to California; Postwar decisions of parents

Chapter 4: 1950-Return to Poland

Passports seized and invalidated; Destination—Wroclaw/Wojszyce; Protesting seizure of passports and visit to Canadian legation

Chapter 5: 1951-Return to Markova

Testimonies of friends and relatives; Auschwitz-Birkenau

Chapter 6: 1951-Settling Down

Interrogations by authorities; Family return to faith and church; Move to village of Oltarzyn; Settling down for long stay; Gertrude’s history of Oltarzyn; Visit to Baron Manfred von Richthofen’s birthplace

Chapter 7: 1952-1954 Awakening Faith

Spiritual purification period; Faith experiences; Death of Joseph Stalin; Invitation to Canadian legation; The church bell; Supernatural dream vision explained—the soul

Chapter 8: 1955-First Great Cause

Three-hundred-year anniversary of Sweden’s siege of the fortress shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa; Face-to-face supernatural daytime vision in a parable-like setting of a wheat field

Chapter 9: 1956-Anxious Moments

Mother’s prophetic dream vision announcing, You will all be leaving soon.; Revolt in Hungary followed by changes in Polish government; Our release and departure

Chapter 10: 1957-1967 Intervention

Tell them . . . causes of Noah’s flood revealed; I ask God the Father to intervene in some way; 1994-God the Father’s most powerful answer; All power on earth and in the heavens are in God’s hands

Chapter 11: 2000-Most Revealing Disclosures

The sovereignty of God’s domain; Analogical equation of creation

Chapter 12: 2006-Revelations in History

A general chronological order of historical events; Setting things right; The time—a parable

References

Maps, Photographs,

and Illustrations

A. Poland’s boundaries, 1918 to 1939. Location of cities, towns,

and villages related to the subject matter of this book.

B. Partial map of Southern Ontario, Canada, 1935.

C. September 1939-Invasions of Poland by Germany and Russia

starting World War II. Partition boundary indicated with notes

and site locations.

D. Poland’s post-WWII boundaries, 1945 to present.

Photos

1. A view of the village of Markova, Poland

2. The old homestead

3. Passport photograph taken on May 24, 1935

4. The Polish steamship SS Pulaski

5. 1935-Day of arrival

6. 1937-Father with neighbors harvesting onions

7. 1938-Rock garden, Erieau, Ontario

8. 1939-Mother, sister, and me with a new accordion

9. Erieau harbor lighthouse

10. 1950-The Polish liner MS Batory

11. 1950-Port of Gdynia, Poland

12. 1950-From Canada to Wojszyce—a suburb of Wroclaw

13. A view of the Oder River in Wroclaw

14. The old city hall of Wroclaw

15. Regatta races on Lake Goplo

16. Palace in Lancut

17. Captain Wojciech Rever

18. Steps revisited

19. Two German army medals

20. Markova’s tiger tank hulk

21. The entrance gate to Auschwitz

22. Mr. Budweil—prisoner of Auschwitz

23. A copy of a letter from Auschwitz

24. The gate of death—Birkenau

25. Electrified barbed wire fences

26. Steps to gas chamber

27. Birkenau—Crematorium no. 2

28. Birkenau—Full view of Crematorium no. 2

29. Birkenau—Crematorium no. 3

30. Birkenau—Toilet area

31. Men’s wooden barracks

32. Women’s brick barracks

33. Russian liberation sign

34. Church altar in Oltarzyn

35. Russian cemetery in Wroclaw

36. Birthplace of Baron Manfred von Richthofen

37. Same

38. Arches in stable

39. Green Holiday parade in Oltarzyn

40. Outdoor Mass

41. Our Lady of Czestochova Shrine

42. Massive participation of faithful

43. Original icon of Our Lady of Czestochova

Illustrations

44. Unity is my greatest concern

45. Plan symbol of the Most Holy Trinity

46. Hussar body armor

47. The time

Acknowledgments

Individuals who have authored many books will tell you that the hardest thing about writing a book is getting started. I got that incentive from several good friends who through encouragement, advice, and just plain casual conversation enhanced my inspiration that brought this publication to reality.

In retrospect of this support, I give my full recognition to Dr. Raymond Kettel and his wife Joan, Mr. Anthony Gagliardi, Mrs. Mary Fulmer, Mr. Ed Francone, my sons John and Thomas, and my wife Marie—all who inspired me with motivating values that made this task easier to accomplish.

My special thanks go to Dr. Kettel for his numerous suggestions, inspirations, and advice; Joan Kettel; Anthony Gagliardi; Mary Fulmer; and John Szpytman for their fine editing services. Also, John and Thomas for their photographic and computer contributions. My further thanks and recognition I give to Mr. Wladyslaw Budwiel for sharing his Auschwitz experiences that greatly contributed to the theme of this writing.

It also would not have been possible to write this book about my experiences without having association with so many friends and relatives along the way. Looking back in the passage of time, I deeply cherish with much appreciation those moments I had with my friends and relatives. It was the example of their enduring stability through good and not so good times that I too was able to build my own values.

Introduction

World War I—the war that was to end all wars—was now in the pages of history and gradually fading with the march of time in the memories of those who lived through its tribulations. Although peace on earth followed this human tragedy, new problems could be seen emerging on the horizon. The war took a heavy toll on all aspects of life, and this resulted in a steady increase in hardships and strain upon the internal and foreign affairs of many nations. As an outcome of those difficult conditions, untested political and philosophical ideologies and the resulting struggle for political power soon gained public acceptance. Those ideologies lacked a consciousness of judgment with restraint, wisdom with discretion, and words with providential guidance. In other words, humanity was failing to perceive and take note of the past whys and wherefores of World War I, their causes, and especially the consequences.

It was during this period that my parents, Sofia and Jan, were married in 1924 and the following year had their first child, a daughter—Alexandra. My father, having become impatient with Poland’s slow pace of recovery in the standards of living, decided to immigrate to Canada. In 1926, he arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and took a job with a coal mining company on Cape Breton Island. His intentions were to have his family reunited there as soon as possible. While he was working and planning his future in Canada, Alexandra passed away in January of 1929 at the age of four. When Father received the notification of her death, he was so grief stricken that he took a leave of absence from his employment and returned to Poland. For the entire spring and summer, Father remained with my mother until September of the same year. During this month, he again left for Canada with plans to have my mother, now expecting, to follow him there when he secured a place to stay. He was back at his job barely two months when the stock market crashed in November of 1929. This caused the immediate shutdown of the coal mine, and everyone was laid off.

Father decided to go west to Windsor, Ontario, after hearing from others that several automotive plants were located there and jobs may be possible. Unfortunately, as the entire country set into a very serious state of depression, it was obvious that a job with any automotive company was out of the question. Therefore, if there was a chance for Father to reunite with his wife, he had to choose the occupation of farming. Those became times of great uncertainty with an indefinite period of waiting and hoping for the return of better conditions. In the following year 1930, during the month of March, I was born; and my mother named me Zdzislaw.

The recollection of experiences I had during my life with family, friends, and acquaintances has made me realize how important those relationships were in understanding the true goals in life’s journey. Whatever the case may be, those goals were often lost in the intertwined ways taken through passage of time. Many a purpose is taken for granted, and many a direction becomes a dead end, yet in spite of all the surrounding complexities of worldly influences, one can come to the realization that there is the unique sight of providence, which oversees humanity and the universe.

I hereby wish to present to the reader a general view of history within the setting of my life, including past experiences that spanned through times of national depression of the ’30s, World War II of the ’40s, and postwar years that followed.

Chapter 1

1935-First Journeys

To my mother and father who made my life’s journey possible.

It is so good to be here.

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Map A. Poland, 1918-1939

Before World War I, Poland did not exist as a nation on the map of Europe. The country, since 1795,a was totally partitioned between the Prussian, Russian, and the Austro-Hungarian empires.

After World War I ended in 1918, Poland regained its national unity. During the following brief twenty-one years of independence, I lived in Markova, Poland, from 1930 to 1935.

Poland 1935

In recollection of my seventy-five-year journey on this blessed earth, I thanked God many times for bringing me through many diverse life experiences. I witnessed along this way hot wars, cold wars, revolutions, and political changes of every kind. I saw various conducts of human behavior in good times and in times of madness. I heard men say that there is no God, and that God is dead. Others have said that many people in the world know of God, but do not know God. By reason and discretion, it became obvious to me that all of those events were influenced, started,