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  • New Zealand's First Refugees: Pahiatua's Polish Children

    On 1 November 1944 a total of 733 Polish children and their 105 guardians landed in Wellington Harbour in New Zealand. Together they had shared the fate of 1.7 million Poles who had been ethnically cleansed from their homes in eastern Poland by the Russian Secret Police, under Stalin’s orders at the start of World War II, and deported in cattle wagons to forced-labour camps thousands of miles away ... Leer más

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  • A Priest's Odyssey

    The true story of Fr Michał Wilniewczyc, one of the 200,000 survivors of the World War II mass deportations of 1.5 million Poles to Siberian forced-labour camps.  The story follows his deportation, suffering in the forced-labour camps, escape and eventual refuge in Iran where he served as chaplain in the Polish army-in-exile. He then joined a group of 105 adults who accompanied 733 mostly orphaned ... Leer más

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  • Dwie ojczyzny

    Polskie dzieci w Nowej Zelandii: Tułacze wspomnienia

    Na końcu świata – Polskie sieroty w Nowej Zelandii Na początku II wojny światowej, na rozkaz Stalina, ponad półtora miliona Polaków wypędzono ze wschodniej Polski i zesłano do obozów przymusowej pracy na Sybir i na inne obszary Związku Radzieckiego. W tych warunkach, znaczna część zesłańców zmarła lub zaginęła. 120.000 Polaków ewakuowano do Iranu, w tym około 20.000 dzieci. Z czasem dzieci roz ... Leer más

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