Even before the 1941 deportations, it was already agreed that the evacuees were going to East Africa only for "a special or temporary purpose." "It has been agreed that the welfare work in the Polish settlements must continue and the minimum staff stays to ensure this must be retained." Furthermore, there were schools in The children and the adults were then transported to the After Polish Army had left the Soviet Union, the attitude of the Soviets towards the remaining Poles worsened. Illnesses - typhoid, dysentery, no restrooms in cars. It is a miracle that we survived, with thousands dead.During the second evacuation 69,247 persons left the Soviet Union, including 25,501 civilians (9,633 children). In the first stage, over 30,000 military personnel, and about 11,000 children left The fate of the deported Poles improved in mid-1942, after the signing of the After the first evacuation, Polish - Soviet relations deteriorated and the Soviet government began arresting Polish officials. We were very poor, there were no jobs, kids had their classes in the open, there were no books." Both Soviet authorities and citizens of the country claimed that since Polish Army did not fight the Germans, Poles were not entitled to any privileges. On January 16, 1943, For the plight of Poles who remained in the Soviet interior until the defeat of Germany, see A Polish woman and her grandchildren at an American Red Cross evacuation camp in Teheran, Iran The evacuation of the Polish people from the USSR lasted from March 24, 1942 for one week, and then again from August 10, 1942 until the beginning of September.
They were going from The British did not have the intention of keeping the Polish refugees in East Africa when it was decided to bring them there. The refugees finally left Iran after a few months, and were transported to a number of countries, such as Lebanon, Mandatory Palestine, India, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Mexico. Still, thousands of distraught Poles remained there, sent to The Polish refugees who were going to East Africa were shipped from Iran, or brought from Iran to India and shipped from an Indian port, to different African destinations. The food was delivered: rice, flour, meat, salt, sugar, tea, and some coffee. In January 1948 the Commissioner of the East African Refugee Administration wrote a letter about the deportation of the Polish refugees from the Abercorn camp. They were boys and girls aged 14 to 18, who while in Soviet Union were members of a scout organization of the Polish Army. There, all were divided into several groups, and began their education. In Many Poles left Iran for India, thanks to the efforts of Polish consul in Wiesława Paskiewicz, who stayed at Kolhapur, wrote: "Our daily activities were marked by school, church and scouting. Approximately 90% of them were Polish, with most of the remaining ones Jewish.
The Kenyan port In October 1942 the Director of War Evacuees and Camps of Living in Africa was very difficult for the Poles who were unfamiliar with local customs and languages and were not used to tropical weather.Bogdan Harbuz stayed at Koja camp: "We did not receive any money for food, we only got 5 shillings a month for our expenses. However, in October 1946 the Secretary of State in London pronounced that refugees who could get a job in the area for at least 6 months, or had a sum of money sufficient to sustain themselves, could stay. We were mentally shaped by such organizations, as In 1942, about 120,000 refugees from Poland began their exodus to Iran from remote parts of the Soviet Union.The first Polish refugees came to Palestine in summer 1942. Poles did not stay in the Soviet-controlled Iran for long for several reasons including the hostility of Soviet authorities, which occupied northern Iran (see The refugees finally left Iran after a few months, and were transported to a number of countries, such as Maria Gabiniewicz, one of the refugees, later wrote: "We managed to leave the Soviet Union in the last transport.
Maria Gabiniewicz spent six years in Africa, at a camp in In January 1944 the Polish staff in all East African camps had been reduced.
In an official letter from the British Authorities it was said. It was a hell - hungry, sick people, children in rail cars, filled with louse. People kept their own gardens, with vegetables. Each slice of bread had to be stolen or gotten in any other way. On August 9, 1942, a second evacuation began, which lasted until September 1. To relieve ourselves, we had to jump out of the train whenever it stopped. Polish evacuees had to travel by train to The hunger was terrible, we did not get a loaf of bread a day, as we had in Siberia. Altogether, in the two evacuations of 1942, 115,742 left - 78,470 soldiers and 37,272 civilians (13,948 children). Sandifort,Mary-Ann The forgotten Story of Polish refugees in Zambia, Zambia's Bulletin & Record,June 2015 P20. In August 1942, two schools were created - for younger (aged 8 –15) and older scouts. Transports of scouts, which came to Palestine, were directed to Camp Bashit. Altogether, between 1942 and 1947, Polish schools in Palestine had 1632 students. Classes began on September 1, 1942.
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