Following settlement of the Drobot families in the US, and the
Rutkowski family in Australia, interrelation between the members of
the Djament clan were limited to occasional exchanges between the
three surviving brothers. It is well known that the twins Jan and
Stefan had a major disagreement sometime in the 1950's however
the reason for this has never been revealed. It was
however clear that they were both very secretive, difficult to
live with and that they would rarely listen to any advice or
suggestions offered by other members of the family. Perhaps their
experiences during the war had taught them never to trust anyone,
even their closest relatives.
An unfortunate consequence of
the feud between the twins was that their children were not allowed
to communicate with each other. For reasons that are still not
clear, this extended to Julek's children as well, and it wasn't until
the early 1990's that regular communications were established
between the Rutkowski and the Drobot descendants. There is no doubt
that the advent of the Internet had a significant impact.
Julek
seemed to be the only one prepared to divulge any of the closely
guarded 'secrets' or discuss any aspects relating to the Djament
family history. In 1989 Eve decided that she would start to
discover her roots and wrote to Julek asking him for details about
her family. A regular exchange of letters between Julek and the
Drobot descendants was established and gradually the communication
channels were opened. Several letters to Frank from Janek and Julek were sent in 1993.
Here are the letters, in chronological order, written during this time. Letter from Julek to Eve, June 1989 Letter from Janek to Frank, 7th June 1993 Letter from Julek to Frank, 10th June 1993 Letter from Julek to Frank, 13th July 1993
Letter from Julek to Frank, 29th June 1993 Letter from Janek to Frank, 30th June 1993 Letter from Julek to Frank, 30th July 1993 Letter from Julek to Frank, 16th September 1993 Letter from Julek to Eve, 1st November 1993
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