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 - 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.
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki - Arrived in India - each Indian carried a small suitcase
Arriving in India, the children walked the kilometer or so to the camp. Walking beside each child was an Indian, who carried the child’s small suitcase. It was quite a …
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki - Young boy posessed by the devil
One night, every child in the room witnessed what seemed to be a boy possessed by the Devil
Maria (Tarasiewicz) van der Linden - Living skeletons in Meshed hospital
Maria tells how she and her brother were examined in an American hospital in Persia.
Regina (Rozwadowska) Gasztold - Father found them in Teheran
Regina describes how, by pure chance, her father found them in the camp in Teheran
Józek Jagiełło - Ship to Bombay
Jozef describes the crossing to Bombay and how incredibly hot it was on the ship
Józek Jagiełło - Chasing scorpions
Jozef describes daily life in Teheran and how he and his friends chased scorpions for fun
Stanisław Migut - Evacuation to Africa
Maria Nowotarska Kołodzińska - Maria sings a Polish Song
Maria sings the song the lady taught her in the Persian hospital. Full text of the original song, by Teofil Lenartowicz (words) and Ignacy Komorowski (music): “Idzie sobie pacholę Przez …