Jan Kołodziński - From Isfahan to India on ship called Sonjay
Jan explains how they traveled from Isfahan, then boarded the ship for India, and an incident on board regarding washing the decks.
Jan Kołodziński - Stepmother and sister getting extra food
Jan explains how his stepmother and sister were at a different camp where really sick children were being treated. They were receiving more food there, than Jan and his brother …
Jan Kołodziński - Journey to Iran on trucks
Jan describes the journey over the mountains, in the back of lorries, and how he would have frozen to death if a kind lady had not lent him a blanket.
Krystyna Kołodyńska-Downey -
This is a memoir of Krystyna's time in Kazakhstan and her eventual coming to New Zealand as one of the Polish children who stayed at Pahiatua.
Dioniza (Gradzik) Choros - Mother dies and sisters are separated
Dioniza describes when her mother died in the Teheran hospital, and then how she felt when she and her sisters all ended up in different locations.
Ryszard Dembiński - Situation in Persia
Józefa (Korab) Olenska - Sandstorm in Egypt
Jozefa describes a sandstorm in Egypt that lasted 7 days.
Józefa (Korab) Olenska - Poem about Palentine
Jozefa recites a poem from their time in Palestine
Regina (Rozwadowska) Gasztold - Father found them in Teheran
Regina describes how, by pure chance, her father found them in the camp in Teheran
Ewa (Borkowska) Mikusiński - Life in Teheran
Ewa describes how she and her parents lived in Teheran, including the apartment that her father rented for them.
Wieslaw Adamowicz - Life as a Cadet
Describing the harsh conditions in the Middle East and the rigorous daily routine that he experienced during his 6 years as a cadet.