This history of our family is the result of many years of searching.

It draws on documents found in archives, parish registers, official and notarial records, school and university papers, letters, photographs, and the memories passed down through generations of our family.

Not everything could be explained. In some places, the documents allow us to say with certainty what happened. In others, we have only clues.

There are also family stories whose truth I cannot prove today, but which I do not wish to dismiss simply because no document has survived to confirm them.

This history spans several centuries and tells the story of two families: the Frischmans and the Baranieckis.

These two families came together in 1867 through the marriage of my great-grandparents, August Frischman and Wanda Salomea Baraniecka.

I shall tell you, then, about the origins of these two families and their lives over nearly two hundred years.

About the Baranieckis and the Frischmans who lived and worked, who knew success and failure, joy and sorrow.

This is a story about us!

About our family!

Chapter I — Frischman or Frischmann?

Chapter II — The First Generation — Johann and Zofia Frischman

Chapter III — The Second Generation — The Children of Johann and Zofia

Chapter IV — The Third Generation — The Children of Franz Frischman and Marcjanna Fuchs

Chapter V — The Fourth Generation — The Children of August and Wanda Salomea

Chapter VI — The Fifth Generation — The Children of Franciszek and Wanda, née Grochowicz

Conclusion

Appendix I — The Pharmacy Profession in the Nineteenth Century

Appendix II — The Criminal Case of Antoni Frischmann

Appendix III — Stanisław Adolf’s Letters from America

Appendix IV — Karolina Baraniecka’s Letters and the Family’s Financial Affairs

Appendix V — The Elisabeth Commemorative Cross

Appendix VI — Karolina Baraniecka’s Children

Appendix VII — Building the House in Dynów

Appendix VIII — The Adoption of Franciszek Frischman-Baraniecki

Appendix IX — Staszek Baraniecki’s Letters from Auschwitz

Appendix X — The Family of Filip Frischman-Baraniecki

Appendix XI — An Account of the Ukrainian Attack on Dynów, Including Our Pharmacy

Appendix XII — Franciszek Frischman’s Professional Placements

Appendix XIII — Kazimierz Baraniecki’s Professional Placements

Appendix XIV — Grant of Nobility and a Coat of Arms to Georg Frischman — 3 May 1727