Education in Italy

School of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division in Terra del Sole, Italy – class IVc, fourth from the left in the first row Alfons Mrzyk; source: private collection of Alfons Mrzyk, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Officer cadets against the background of the building of the Transport Supply Service Officer Cadet School in Matera, Italy. In the middle at the bottom in service uniform – Wojciech Narębski, source: private collection of prof. Wojciech Narębski, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Sergeant Lucjan Aksnowicz, 5th KDP, in front of the entrance to the Infantry Officer Cadet School, Matera, Italy, 1945; source: Ron Aksnowicz's private collection, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Field exercises for future infantry officers, Matera, Italy; source: Ron Aksnowicz's private collection, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Soldiers of the 2nd Corps in front of the buildings of the Infantry Officer Cadet School, Matera, Italy, 1945; source: private collection of Ron Aksnowicz, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Polish and British officers during a military parade celebrating the graduation of the Officer Cadet School by soldiers of the 2nd Corps, Matera, Italy, 1945; source: private collection of Ron Aksnowicz, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Group photo of soldiers of the 2nd Corps – graduates of the Infantry Cadet School in Matera, Italy, just after the course graduation ceremony, 1945; source: private collection of Ron Aksnowicz, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

he building of the Polish grammar school in Casarano, Italy; source: private collection of Benon Turczyński, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Choir of soldiers of the 2nd Corps from the Polish gymnasium in Casarano, Italy; source: private collection of Benon Turczyński, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Students of the Polish high school in Casarano on a trip to Otranto, Italy, 1945; source: private collection of Benon Turczyński, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Danuta and Jerzy Gradosielski in front of the Polish school building in Porto San Georgio, Italy, May 1946; source: Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Classes for women from the Transport Companies, Polish school in Porto San Georgio – on the right in the background – Maria Byszyńska, Italy; source: private collection of Stanisław Berkieta, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Janina Majer-Suchocka – a history teacher from a Polish school in Porto San Georgio, Italy, on board the Empress of Australia on her way to Liverpool, August 1946; source: Kresy-Siberia Foundation

A commemorative plaque of former soldiers of the 3rd DSK commemorating their year of study at the 3rd DSK school in Sarnano and Amandola, Italy, 1946; source: private collection of Jan Prygoda, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

Identification card of a first-year student of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Rome – gunner Edmund Herzbaum, 5th KDP, 2nd Corps, Rome, 05/08/1946; source: private collection of Krystyna Mew, Kresy-Siberia Foundation