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						Photo in my grandfather's possession. My grandfather Michał Piotuch is in photo and my grandmother Antonina from family Barancewicz. Małe Horodyszcze was a Polish Colony settlement south of Baranowicze. Another source has indicated that the photo is of the youth in the Colony Małe Horodyszcze  in 1934.

Małe Horodyszcze Youth

Photo in my grandfather's possession. My grandfather Michał Piotuch is in photo and my grandmother Antonina from family Barancewicz. Małe Horodyszcze was a Polish Colony settlement south of Baranowicze. Another source has indicated that the photo is of the youth in the Colony Małe Horodyszcze in 1934.

Name ID
Michał Piotuch 146491
Antonina (Barancewicz) Piotuch 118593


						Three friends meet up while playing netball at Marist College, Mt Albert, Auckland. Krystyna and Eugenia are from Mt Albert while Wala has come from another Auckland high school. Eugenia has remained a good friend of these two women throughout her life.

Krystyna (Nowakowski) Dudek, Wala (Banasiak) Pąk and Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicka

Three friends meet up while playing netball at Marist College, Mt Albert, Auckland. Krystyna and Eugenia are from Mt Albert while Wala has come from another Auckland high school. Eugenia has remained a good friend of these two women throughout her life.

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki 118565
Waleria (Banasiak) Pąk 118385
Krystyna (Nowakowska) Dudek 118564


						Friends Anna Depa and Eugenia Piotuch while living in Teheran

Anna Depa and Eugenia Piotuch

Friends Anna Depa and Eugenia Piotuch while living in Teheran

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Anna (Depa) Łaskosz 118523
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki 118565


						Dated 3 VIII 1943

Eugenia Piotuch in Teheran

Dated 3 VIII 1943

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki 1185656


						Altar in section Nr 6 - souvenir from Isfahan, from Genia to her father, dated 1.1.1943

Altar in section Nr 6

Altar in section Nr 6 - souvenir from Isfahan, from Genia to her father, dated 1.1.1943



						Kosior Marja, Brzczowska Stefania, Depa Anna, Barnasiak Walerja, Bełczącka Leokadja. Dated 23.1.1944 - Group Nr 12 - Isgahan, Iran. Eugenia Piotuch is at center right, next to Anna Depa.

Unit 1, team II

Kosior Marja, Brzczowska Stefania, Depa Anna, Barnasiak Walerja, Bełczącka Leokadja. Dated 23.1.1944 - Group Nr 12 - Isgahan, Iran. Eugenia Piotuch is at center right, next to Anna Depa.

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki 118565
Anna (Depa) Łaskosz 118523
Leokadia (Bełczącka) Miles 146764
Waleria (Banasiak) Pąk 118385


						Team leader Wysocka Regina, Górgul Jadwiga, Szczapa Jadwiga, Skryżek Zofia, Makueh Maria, Hołowniowa Danua

Group IV, team II

Team leader Wysocka Regina, Górgul Jadwiga, Szczapa Jadwiga, Skryżek Zofia, Makueh Maria, Hołowniowa Danua



						Photo taken in Teheran

Hanka Depa, Eugenia Piotuch and Marja Kosior

Photo taken in Teheran

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki 118565
Maria Kosior 108430


						Photo taken in Isfahan.

Eugenia Piotuch and her friend Stefania Brzezowski

Photo taken in Isfahan.

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki 118565
Stefania Brzezowska 118524


						Photo of Anna Depa (left) and Eugenia Piotuch. Friends in Iran.

Anna Depa and Eugenia Piotuch

Photo of Anna Depa (left) and Eugenia Piotuch. Friends in Iran.

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki 118565


						Polish Concert at Pahiatua

Polish Concert at Pahiatua

Polish Concert at Pahiatua



						New Zealand Prime Minister's visit in our camp and in my class

Primary school class room in Pahiatua

New Zealand Prime Minister's visit in our camp and in my class



						Drawn by Eugenia Piotuch Smolnicki.

Drawing of a scene from (Persia) Iran

Drawn by Eugenia Piotuch Smolnicki.

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki 118565


						Photo has come into Eugenia's possession from a collection that she inherited from a child who left the ship in Bombay on the journey to New Zealand.

Labour camp in Russia

Photo has come into Eugenia's possession from a collection that she inherited from a child who left the ship in Bombay on the journey to New Zealand.

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Michał Piotuch 146491


						Girls from 'Oboz' 5 , 'domek' 1. The caretaker of the home Mrs. Ludmilla Strygł and her daughter Maria Kloda appear with : Leokadia Bęłczak; Anna Depa; Cecylia Gawlik; Helena Kilian; Jadwiga Jankiewicz; Czesława Belczacka; Teresa Sztychmiller; Maria Kosior; Janina Gradadzka; Zofia Kozlozna and Józefa Radoń. Eugenia Piotuch belonged to this group but was missing in photograph because she was ill with laryngitis and was in hospital.

Girls from home #1 in Teheran

Girls from 'Oboz' 5 , 'domek' 1. The caretaker of the home Mrs. Ludmilla Strygł and her daughter Maria Kloda appear with : Leokadia Bęłczak; Anna Depa; Cecylia Gawlik; Helena Kilian; Jadwiga Jankiewicz; Czesława Belczacka; Teresa Sztychmiller; Maria Kosior; Janina Gradadzka; Zofia Kozlozna and Józefa Radoń. Eugenia Piotuch belonged to this group but was missing in photograph because she was ill with laryngitis and was in hospital.

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Cecylia (Gawlik) Zazulak 90736
Maria Kosior 108430
Helena (Kilian) Kwiatkowska 145918
Jadwiga (Jankiewicz) Myer 145889
Anna (Depa) Łaskosz 118523
Teresa (Sztychmiller) Humphrey 146412
Leokadia ( Bełczącka) Miles 146764
Czesława (Bełczącka) Phelan 146765


						Souvenir zakład 2 . Photo belonged to Kluczynska Jadwiga before she was separated from Pahiatua children at Bombay. He aunt who was living in India found her and took her with her to Indian camp. My Mum then came into possession of her photos.

Polish children in Iran

Souvenir zakład 2 . Photo belonged to Kluczynska Jadwiga before she was separated from Pahiatua children at Bombay. He aunt who was living in India found her and took her with her to Indian camp. My Mum then came into possession of her photos.



						This is a photo of Eugenia's aunt Stanisława

Stanisława or Antonina Barancewicz

This is a photo of Eugenia's aunt Stanisława