Gallery – Polish Refugees in the Middle East
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
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
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
Czesław & Wanda Pelc
Czesław's first Communion, Isfahan, Iran
Wanda Ellis (nee Pelc)
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
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
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
High school group in Teheran, 1943
One of these students is Eugenia Gruszewska. She wrote the following names 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
Franciszek Szpetnar with Family
Francizek's Szpetnar's with family - possibly in Isfahan?
Franciszek Szpetnar
Iran
Isfahan
Isfahan – 5th February 1944
At the orphanage in Isfahan, Franciszek Szpetnar is sitting in the front row, 2nd from right
Franciszek Szpetnar
Iran
Isfahan
Roman in class at Isfahan
Roman Kołodziński (second from left in his class at Isfahan - using suitcases as desks)
Jan Kołodziński
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
Kolodzinski Family in Iran
Jan, Leokadia and Roman with their mother Zofia
Jan Kołodziński
During WWII
Iran
Aleksandra and her sister Teresa
Aleksandra and her sister Teresa in the Middle East
Aleksandra Halko
During WWII
Girl Guide troop in Ahvaz Persia
Group photo
Leokadia Opiola
During WWII
Persia
Ahvaz
Leokadia’s mother Jozefa Opiola
Leokadia’s mother Jozefa Opiola
Leokadia Opiola
During WWII
Opiola family photo
Opiola family photo
Leokadia Opiola
During WWII
Leokadia Opiola
Leokadia Opiola
Leokadia Opiola
During WWII
Page 1 of Easter publication from Tehran
Page 1 of Easter publication from Tehran
Miroslaw Robaszewski
During WWII
Iran
Civilian Camp number 1, Tehran
Miroslaw Robaszewski
In Polish folk costume
Miroslaw Robaszewski
During WWII
Miroslaw Robaszewski First Holy Communion
Miroslaw Robaszewski First Holy Communion
Miroslaw Robaszewski
During WWII
Iran
Civilian Camp number 1, Tehran
Miroslaw Robaszewski First Holy Communion
Civilian Camp number 1, Tehran - May 24, 1942
Miroslaw Robaszewski
During WWII
Iran
Civilian Camp number 1, Tehran
Easter publication from Tehran,1944
Easter publication from Tehran,1944
Miroslaw Robaszewski
During WWII
Iran
Civilian Camp number 1, Tehran
Sabina Marczewska with her neice and nephew
Sabina Marczewska with her neice and nephew
Sabina Marczewska
During WWII
Persia
Teheran
Reverse side of postcard ‘Iran – Body of Christ Altar’
Text in Polish on reverse side of postcard.
Dioniza Choros
During WWII
Iraq
Isfahan
Polish children memorial in Isfahan
Marble tablet built into a chapel in Isfahan belonging to charity nuns sent by Pope Pius XII. Tablet remembers children coming to the chapel to give thanksgiving for their deliverance their years of deportation.
Dioniza Choros
Iraq
Isfahan
Body of Christ Altar Postcard
This altar was used in the Body of Christ Procession in Isfahan in 1943. The priest in photo is Ks Fransiczek Tomasz. See next item which shows text on the reverse side of the postcard.
Dioniza Choros
During WWII
Iraq
Isfahan