Gallery – Forever in the West
Polish Youth Club Membership Card – Wellington
Polish Youth Club Membership Card – Wellington
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
After WWII
New Zealand
Wellington
Second-Generation Children – Polish National Day
A group of second-generation children during the Polish National Day celebrations, 3 May 2003 in the Polish House, Wellington. Back (l-r): Konrad Mak, Holly Stephenson, Hanna Stephenson, Miriam Randall Front (l-r): Zosia Trask, Jennifer Hanson, Daniel Mak
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
After WWII
New Zealand
Wellington
Second-Generation Children – Polish National Day
A group of second-generation children during the Polish National Day celebrations, 3 May 2003 in the Polish House, Wellington. Back (l-r): Konrad Mak, Holly Stephenson, Hanna Stephenson, Miriam Randall Front (l-r): Zosia Trask, Jennifer Hanson, Daniel Mak
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
After WWII
New Zealand
Wellington
Polish Dance Group, Lublin – NZ
The Polish dancing group Lublin. The group consists of first-generation Polish New Zealanders who perform at various Polish cultural events and to the general public. They are pictured here after a performance in Pahiatua at the 50th anniversary reunion of the Polish children's arrival in New Zealand.
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
New Zealand
Pahiatua
Polish Dance Group, Lublin – NZ
The Polish dancing group Lublin. The group consists of first-generation Polish New Zealanders who perform at various Polish cultural events and to the general public. They are pictured here after a performance in Pahiatua at the 50th anniversary reunion of the Polish children's arrival in New Zealand.
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
New Zealand
Pahiatua
Polish Youth Club – NZ
The first generation Polish Youth Club in its hayday at a camp in Akatarawa, Upper Hutt, September 1980
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
New Zealand
Upper Hutt
Zigmunt Minkler
With daughter Janice Minkler and wife Dorothy Minkler (Nee: Bragg)
Richard Minkler
After WWII
United Kingdom
Article about Czeslaw Minkler, Wrestler in the UK
Article about Czeslaw Minkler, Wrestler in the UK
Richard Minkler
After WWII
United Kingdom
Czeslaw Minkler
Czeslaw Minkler was a wrestler in the UK
Richard Minkler
After WWII
United Kingdom
Permission to Immigrate or Repatriate
Adolf Smolnicki papers for immigration to Australia from South Hampton on 29/8/1947
Irena Lowe
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish Resettlement Corps
Certificate of Registration
Registration certificate on entering Australia - stamped Hobart 19 May 1948
Irena Lowe
After WWII
Australia
Hobart
Certificate of Registration (New Zealand)
Adolf Smolnicki's Certificate of Registration as a New Zealand citizen
Irena Lowe
After WWII
New Zealand
Certificate of Naturalisation as an Australian Citizen
Certificate of Naturalisation as an Australian Citizen
Irena Lowe
After WWII
Australia
Butler's Gorge, Tasmania
Letter from General Maczek, pg 1
Dated 1977
Mieczysław Łutczyk
After WWII
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
Letter from General Maczek, pg 2
Dated 1977
Mieczysław Łutczyk
After WWII
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
Mieczyslaw and Helena Hil in Bradford in late 1940s
Mieczyslaw and Helena Hil in Bradford in late 1940s
Henryk Hil
After WWII
United Kingdom
Bradford
Mieczyslaw and Helena Hil wed in Bradford in 1948
Mieczyslaw and Helena Hil wed in Bradford in 1948
Henryk Hil
After WWII
United Kingdom
Bradford
Mieczyslaw and Helena Hil, with friends in Bradford, in 1940s
Mieczyslaw and Helena Hil, with friends in Bradford, in 1940s
Henryk Hil
After WWII
United Kingdom
Bradford
Mieczyslaw Hil in 1950s
Mieczyslaw Hil in 1950s
Henryk Hil
After WWII
United Kingdom
Coventry
Mieczyslaw and Helena Hil in Coventry, 1950s
Mieczyslaw and Helena Hil in Coventry, 1950s
Henryk Hil
After WWII
United Kingdom
Coventry
Helena Hil in Coventry, 2002
Wife of Mieczyslaw Hil. She died in 2005 in Bradford, England.
Henryk Hil
After WWII
United Kingdom
Coventry
Eva (Borkowska) Mikusinski with daughter Elena
Photo taken in the late 1950s
Ewa Mikusinski
After WWII
Ilford Park PRC
Decaying huts from Illford Park Polish Resettlement Corps accommodation
Martin Hazell
After WWII
United Kingdom
Ilford
Polish navy
Czarnota and Adamczyk reunion
The reunion of two former Poilsh air force men, who had not seen each other for 40 years, reunited in Plymouth. Janek Czarnota of Plymouth and Ignacy Adamczy of N.Z., were inseparable "twins" whey they served with the Polish Air Force in the late 1930s. But they were split up in 1942 and have had not seen each other since. Janek Czarnota joined the Polish Navy in 1941.
Janek Czarnota
After WWII
United Kingdom
Plymouth
Polish navy
Janek Czarnota and family 1948
Janek Czarnota with English wife Barbara and two children in Jelenia Gora, Poland 1948. They chose to return to Poland in 1947 but finding conditions there very hard eventually returned to England in 1958. Janek had served in the Airforce and from 1941 the Polish Navy.
Janek Czarnota
After WWII
Poland
Jelenia Gora, Silesia
Polish navy
Janek Czarnota and family 1947
Janek Czarnota with English wife Barbara and two children in Jelenia Gora, Poland 1947. They chose to return to Poland in 1947 but finding conditions there very hard eventually returned to England in 1958. Janek had served in the Airforce and from 1941 the Polish Navy.
Janek Czarnota
After WWII
Poland
Jelenia Gora, Silesia
Polish navy
Red Cross Tracing Correspondence Page 1
Letter from Mansor family searching for Irena Mansor's brother in England. He was found only days before her death from cancer in New Zealand in 1977. Page 1 of the letter.
Brian Mansor
After WWII
New Zealand
Antoni with his son in the UK
Antoni with his son in the UK
Brian Mansor
After WWII
United Kingdom
Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire
Books by Boleslaw Makowski
The four books that were written and published by William (Boleslaw) Makowski.
Boleslaw Makowski
After WWII
Canada
Montreal, Quebec
Second book by Boleslaw Makowski
"The Polish People in Canada - a Visual History".
Boleslaw Makowski
After WWII
Canada
Montreal, Quebec