Andrzej Garlicki - Coming to Canada
Describing the early years in Canada.
Aniela (Wawrzyńczyk) Zychowicz - Life in UK
Very active in Sheffield Polish community: Organizing and developing Polish identity in the UK within “polish ghettos”.
Jozefa (Kasznia) Kapera - Do for Others like they did for Her
Jozefa describes how it has always been natural for her to do community work – like her years of work with the Polish Girl Guides in the UK – because …
Mieczyslaw Gigiera - Mieczyslaw Gigiera - Biography of Mieczyslaw Gigiera
My arrest, prison in Minsk, sentence to 5 years hard labour, deported to Sevzheldorlag, a penal labour Gulag camp, release on amnesty and journey to join and fight in WW2-Italy.
Tadeusz Marczak - Beginnings in Manchester
Tadeusz describes how, after the war, they ended up in Manchester, found work and settled there.
Zbigniew Pniewski - ZbigniewPniewski.PDF
Autobiography of Zbigniew Pniewski . Nr ewidencyjny 3 DSK/Serial Nr in 3 DSK 1920/8 Escaped Poland in 1940, in order to avoid conscription into the German Army - made his …
Mieczysław Hampel - Emmigrant’s reflections
Mieczysław Hampel - Yalta & Teheran
Danuta (Szczerba-Likiernik vel Gąbińska) Waydenfeld - Hard years after the war
Jan Kołodziński - Working during the school holidays
Jan explains how he and his friends got jobs at GM and earned good pay during their holidays from school.
Krystyna Downey - Life in New Zealand
Krystyna was one of the first of the Polish Children from Pahiatua to graduate from University in New Zealand at the age of 20. This is a talk she gave …
Dioniza (Gradzik) Choros - What scouting meant to them
Dioniza describes all that the children learned from scouting, and how it helped them develop and grow.
Anna (Madejewska) Moszczyńska - Life in the UK
Ryszard Saper - Post war repressions
Jan Moczulski - First job in London
Describing his first job in London England
Bernarda (Karbowa) Andrejczuk - Meets husband and then they move to the UK
Bernarda describes how she met her husband at the hospital, where he was sent after being injured at Monte Cassino, and they married. She spent some time in Palestine where …
Stanislawa Teresa (Jakubowska) Pawlik - Education in UK
Describing how she decided to continue her studies and was awarded a bursary by the Polish-Government-in-Exile (Polish Resettlement Corps)
Leszek Makiewicz - From UK to USA
Explains how he got to America
Ryszard Krzysztofiak - Arrives in USA
Tells of reuniting with his parents and siblings after 20 years.
Andrzej Wieslaw Dębicki - Post-war education and work
Andrzej describes how he secured a grant and was able to obtain a degree, and then secure work in London and later in Devon.
Kazimierz Karwowski - Surviving and thriving
Kazimierz states that they always believed they would survive and leave the USSR. They survived and went on to lead productive lives.
Krystyna Teresa Andrecka - Early years in Australian DP camp
Krystyna describes the first years of their life in Australia where the men worked in the Jarrah timber mill and they all lived in huts. The work was dangerous but …
Ludwik Cytera - Written biography of Ludwik Cytera
This is the life story of Ludwik Cytera as discovered and written up by his grandson Christopher Cytera.
Mark Gigiera - Biography of Mark Gigiera
Mark Gigiera's story of arrest, Work in Siberia ....