Anders Army in the Near and Middle East – Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt
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Exhibition Materials
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Rescued from the USSR – Polish women soldiers – Irena Rutyna, Helena Szczygieł, Edwarda Fijał (née Szczygieł), Tehran, August 1942; source: private collection of Edwarda Fijał, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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The Bator brothers in the Castina camp, Palestine, July 1942 – Mieczysław (student of the Junak Cadet School), Edward (student of the Junior Junak School) and Stefan (soldier of the later 3rd DSK, former prisoner of a Soviet gulag); source: private collection of Edward Bator, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Private Lucjan Aksnowicz – a soldier of the 2nd Corps just after evacuation from the USSR, earlier imprisonment in a gulag in Kolyma and malaria, Iran, 1942; source: private collection of Ron Aksnowicz, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Polish Army War Cemetery, Tehran, March 13, 1943; source: Cass Glodek's private collection, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Polish graves in the cemetery in Tehran, 1945?; source: private collection of Wanda Gillon, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of the Polish Army in the East preparing vehicles to transport Polish troops to Iraq, Iran?, August 16, 1942; source: private collection of Anna Kaczanowski, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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oldiers of the Polish Army in the East during the transport of equipment in Iraq, 1942; source: private collection of Anna Kaczanowski, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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A group of dancing women from the Women's Auxiliary Service, a theater performance in Iraq, 1942; source: private collection of Halina Kozłowska, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Polish soldiers of the 2nd Corps in Iraq – from the left: Halina Kozłowska (née Januszewicz), Father Kucharski, Antoni Januszewicz (Halina's brother); source: private collection of Halina Kozłowska, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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A group of Polish soldiers from the 2nd Corps in Iraq, 1943; source: private collection of Zbigniew Gondek, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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18-year-old Zbigniew Gondek, Mosul, Iraq, 1942; source: private collection of Zbigniew Gondek, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Easter 1943 of Polish soldiers in Iraq, the Lord's Tomb; source: private collection of Father Łucjan Królikowski, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Field Bishop of the Polish Army Józef Gawlina concelebrates a field mass for soldiers of the 2nd Corps, Iraq, 1943; source: private collection of Ron Aksnowicz, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of the 2nd Corps (first from the left Jakub Hałucha) in a military camp in the Iraqi desert, Easter Sunday 1943?; source: private collection of John Hałucha, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Parade of armored units of the 2nd Corps in front of General Anders, Quizil Ribat, Iraq, 1943?; source: private collection of Zbigniew Styrna, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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General view of the tents of Camp A in Khanaqin, Iraq, 1942; source: private collection of Richard Starosecki, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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General view of the tents of Camp A in Khanaqin, Iraq, 1942; source: private collection of Richard Starosecki, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of Anders' Army during a stopover on the way from Habbaniya to Palestine, May 1942; source: private collection of John Haluch, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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A group of Anders Army soldiers in Palestine, 1942; source: private collection of Karina Hernandez, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Władysław Gorczyński – soldier of the 2nd Corps, later director of the Cadet School in Palestine, in Ain-Karem, Palestine with his daughter Danuta; source: private collection of Danuta Morgan (née Gorczyńska), Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of the Anders Army in a bar in Jerusalem – Józef Gazdowicz, second from the left. The waitress is a Jewish woman from his town in the Kresy region, who also reached Palestine from exile in the USSR – an unexpected meeting after many years, 1942 or 1943?; source: private collection of Stan Gazdowicz, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of the 2nd Corps in front of a tent in a military camp in Palestine, 1942; source: private collection of Wes Zubkow, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldier Mieczysław Matulewicz resting in a tent in the military camp of the 2nd Corps in the Middle East, 1943; source: private collection of Michael Matulewicz, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of the 2nd Corps in Palestine – group photo, Bethlehem, 1943; source: private collection of Stanisław Kacperek, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Seminarians of the theological study in Beirut, Lebanon, 1943, completing their theological studies interrupted by the war – previously soldiers of various units of the 2nd Corps, second from the left Łucjan Królikowski; source: private collection of Fr. Łucjan Królikowski, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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General Władysław Sikorski with Field Bishop Józef Gawlina, in the background soldiers of the 2nd Corps, during the last trip of the Commander-in-Chief to the Middle East, 1943; source: private collection of Abram Perelberg, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Gen. Władysław Anders speaking during the oath ceremony of soldiers of the 2nd Corps in the Middle East, 1942/1943; source: private collection of Abram Perelberg, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Oath of the cadets of the 2nd Corps in the Middle East, 1942/1943; source: private collection of Krystyna Szypowska, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of the 2nd Corps in Palestine among the local population, first from the left Lucjan Aksnowicz, 1943; source: private collection of Ron Aksnowicz, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of the 2nd Corps during a trip to Jerusalem – in the middle, holding a hand on the shoulder of a colleague – Senior Rifleman Mieczysław Szmid, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 12 June 1942; source: private collection of Krystyna Szmid, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Major Kazimierz Choroszewski (left) and Corporal Florian Skurat playing cards by the tent, Iraq?; source: private collection of Donna Speers, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Gen. Władysław Anders and Commander-in-Chief Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski surrounded by officers, Middle East; source: private collection of Donna Speers, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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oldiers of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Corps in Gizeh near Cairo, 1943, in the center at the front Wojciech Narębski; source: private collection of prof. Wojciech Narębski, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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soldiers of the 2nd Corps in Gizeh near Cairo, 1943, in the second row second from the right – Edward Jurczenko; source: private collection of Anita Watson, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
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Soldiers of the 12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment, 3rd Cavalry Division, 2nd Corps during sea transport from Egypt to Italy, January 1944; source: private collection of Romuald Lipiński, Kresy-Siberia Foundation