1940s: Termite (AKA "Uncle Paul's Story")

Paul Lubinski, with his niece Liliane, Valence, France, 1945

    Paul Lubinski was my great-uncle, my Grandpa Arthur's younger brother.  He was born 18 February 1918 in Lodz, Poland (his parents and brother had gone to Poland to visit family in the summer of 1914, and when WWI broke out, were stranded in Poland ... for thirteen years.

    Unlike my grandfather, Uncle Paul was single when WWII broke out (though he was very much in love with Lisa Schein), and his life took a very different path during the war.  He escaped Belgium in the fall of 1942, and made it to the UK by February of 1944.

    Within a few months, he was working for the SOE.

    These are my articles about Uncle Paul:

• April 1944: Uncle Paul Went to Winterfold (STS 7) - AKA Paul Starts SOE Training
• April-May 1944: Uncle Paul Went to Rhubana Lodge (STS 22)
• May 1944: Uncle Paul Learns to Jump out of Airplanes (STS 51)
• Late Spring 1944: Uncle Paul Learns W/T Security at Thame Park (STS 52)
• June-July 1944: Uncle Paul Gets a Promotion and Goes on Holiday
• June 1944: Uncle Paul Passes the Prostitute Test
• Late Summer 1944: Uncle Paul Goes to Spy Finishing School (STS 35)
• August 1944: Uncle Paul Memorizes a Fake Identity
• Late Fall 1944: Uncle Paul Plays with Mines and Foreign Weapons (STS 47?)
• 1945: Uncle Paul's SOE Uniform
• 1946: Uncle Paul is recommended for a medal

    These are my articles about Grandpa Arthur, in which Uncle Paul is mentioned:

• 1920s - 1940s: The photographs mentioned in Biscuit 
• 1940: In which Arthur smuggles a letter to America
• December 1945: Arthur's second daughter is born (draft chapter)
• May 1946: My grandparent's first car? - a Fiat Simca 5

Bibliography

• 1940s: WW2 Bibliography (Books, Movies, TV)