Gallery – Polish Refugees in the Middle East
Medical certificate, 1942
Attesting to the fact that the bearer is able to work.
Wiktoria Bielicka
During WWII
ID document from Teheran
ID document from Teheran
Wiktoria Bielicka
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Travel permit from Iran to British East Africa
In English and Polish
Wiktoria Bielicka
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Transportation from Pahlevi to Teheran
Transportation from Pahlevi to Teheran
Irena Kuś
During WWII
Persia
Teheran
Early class on the sidewalk in Teheran
Early class on the sidewalk in Teheran
Irena Kuś
During WWII
Persia
Teheran
Family in Teheran
Nurse, Halina, Anna, Irena at Main Tent Hospital in Teheran 1942.
Irene Tomaszewski
During WWII
Persia
Krystyna’s class in Teheran
This photo is taken in Teheran. Krystyna is in the middle wearing a white cardigan which she had received in a parcel from her grandmother in Poland when living in Kazahkstan.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Krystyna and her mother in Teheran
Krystyna and her mother are wearing clothes given to them by the Red Cross. Mother's dress had holes in it so mother had pulled some threads from the dress and darned the holes.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey
Before WWII
Iran
Teheran
Hela, Piotr and Tola in their new uniforms
Hela, Piotr and Tola in their new uniforms
Helena Moroz
During WWII
Iran
Pahlevi
Tola, Maria and Hela in Isfahan
Tola, Maria and Hela in Isfahan
Helena Moroz
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
The convent, pupils and teachers at Isfahan
This building was where the adults were housed; the children had their own section.
Helena Moroz
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
Polish Girl Guides in Isfahan
Hela is the girl with plaits, third from right, second main row, next to two female teachers.
Helena Moroz
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
At a meal at the convent in Isfahan.
On the extreme left is one of the cooks while a teacher is next to her. Another cook is on the far right.
Helena Moroz
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
Memorial Service for Gen Sikorski
Isfahan Adult camp 20
Helena Moroz
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
Plaque in Isfahan chapel
laque with an inscription commemorating the children deported from their homeland who found themselves in Isfahan.
Helena Moroz
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
Katarzyna Kolodziej
Ghazir camp, Beirut Lebanon, 1943
Krysia Kolodziej
During WWII
Lebanon
Beirut
Kastarzyna and Wojciech, 1943
Kastarzyna and Wojciech, 1943
Krysia Kolodziej
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Composite family photo, Teheran, 24 X 1943
Top: Jan, Katarzyna, Wojciech, Feliks_Bottom: Tadeusz, Michal
Krysia Kolodziej
During WWII
Iraq
Jadwiga Basinska (second from right) with friends
A photo of my aunt, Jadwiga Basinska (b. 1929) with friends. No names or locations are on the flip-side of the photo, but it appears to have been taken somewhere in the Middle East. I'm guessing Palestine as she looks well into her teens at this point.
Teresa Basinski Eckford
During WWII
Palestine
My babcia, cioica and tata
Taken in either Egypt or Palestine, February 1945
Teresa Basinski Eckford
During WWII
Page 3 of Maria Basinska’s Imieniny card from her students – Klasa 1
Page 3 of Maria Basinska’s Imieniny card from her students – Klasa 1
Teresa Basinski Eckford
During WWII
Iran
Page 4 of Maria Basinska’s Imieniny card from her students – Klasa 2
Page 4 of Maria Basinska’s Imieniny card from her students – Klasa 2
Teresa Basinski Eckford
During WWII
Iran
Ahwaz
Page 5 of Maria Basinska’s Imieniny card from her students – Klasa 3 & 4
Page 5 of Maria Basinska’s Imieniny card from her students – Klasa 3 & 4
Teresa Basinski Eckford
During WWII
Iran
Ahwaz
Emaciated Children in Pahlevi
After fleeing from more than two years of freezing cold, hunger and disease in Russia's forced-labour camps, the emaciated Polish children lie exhausted in the Pahlevi (now Bandar-E-Anzali) transit camp in Iran, 1942.
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
During WWII
Iran
Pahlevi
Chwieduk Family – Teheran
Helena (right) with her brother Józef (left) and father Józef (middle) in Teheran, Iran, 28 September 1942
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Starving Children arriving in Iran
Starving Children arriving in Iran
New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
During WWII
Iran
Scouts – Isfahan, Iran
Isfahan Scouts (some of whom came to Pahiatua): Back row: (2nd from left) Irena Niedżwiecka, (next) Helena Sochoła , ?, (next) Jadwiga Lutomska. 3rd Row: (on right) Helena Wiśniewska, (next) Józefa Węgrzyn, ?, (4th in from right) Helena Nawrocka, (next) Genowefa Płusa, (next) Dioniza Gradzik. 2nd Row - seated: (1st on right) Anna Bednarska. 2nd Row - seated: (1st on left) Melvina Swieters
Wanda Ellis (nee Pelc)
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
Czesław & Wanda Pelc
Czesław's first Communion, Isfahan, Iran
Wanda Ellis (nee Pelc)
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
Michal and family
Michal and family
Michal Cendrowski
During WWII
Reverse of High school group in Teheran 1943 photo
The following names are on the back of this photo: Michał Giedroyć, Danka Siberfelt, Aldona Paneł, Wisia Malankiewicz, Zosia, Jerzy Wasserman. 1943 Teheran - Szkoła w mieście.
Eugenia Gruszewska
During WWII
Iran
Teheran