Gallery – Soviet Mass Deportations
Letter from exile Eleanor Bielski in Kazakhstan
Description:
Juliusz Aleksander Roman Bielski (then aged 78 years) and his wife Eleanor Maria Jadwiga (nee Jablonowska) were deported from Lwow in April 1940 to Semipalatynsk Oblast, Station Angestobe, Zarminskij Rajon, Sowjoz Krasnyj Skolowod. After deportation nobody in Lwow knew where they had been deported to. This telegram identified their address. It was sent to Marys Bielska - wife of their son Adam Bielski. Adam escaped from Lwow to Hungry and fought in the Polish Army, first in France and then in the UK.
Source:
Count Jerzy Krasicki
Time Period:
During WWII
Country:
Kazakhstan
City/Town/Village:
Semipalatynsk Oblast
Submitted By:
Anna Pacewicz
Entry ID:
649359
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