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Name: Zdzislaw Jozef Lepionka
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Gender: Male
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Place of birth: Poland, Lwowskie, Sokal, Belz
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
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Fathers given name: Jozef
Entry ID: 118144 Mothers given name: Anna
Mothers maiden name: Michala
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Given name(s) of children: Tadeusz, Jozef, Zdzislaw, Jan
Description: Zdzislaw Lepionka, 3 brothers his mother and father (and their brothers and sisters whom I know little about) were deported to Siberia/Khazakhstan in February 1940. They lived in Waniow, Sokal, Woj Lwowskie Parafia: Belz before the deportation. They spent almost 2 years in a labour camp in Siberia. His mother, Anna Michala, died in Kazakhstan in 1942. With the help of General Anders the children fled across the Caspian Sea to Isfahan, Persia where they stayed until the NZ government offered to take 733 children and about 100 teachers, nurses and doctors to New Zealand. Zdzislaw Lepionka and 2 brothers, Tadeusz and Jan arrived in NZ on the American warship, the General Randall on 1 November, 1944. Josef Lepionka, the eldest of the brothers remained in Russia but eventually found his way to Pomerania where the Kresy survivors were resettled. Other family members (father's sisters) remain in the Ukraine today.
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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland, Lwowskie, Sokal, Belz,
Kresy Inhabitant Status: Civilian settler / Family member of civilian settler
Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education Level: higher
Occupation at the outbreak of WWll: young child (3 years old perhaps? -no records)
Military status at the outbreak of WWll: Not Applicable
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Deportations and Repressions

OD: yyyy Mm Dd Do: yyyy Mm Dd Do: Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka Oblast Miejscowość
1940 02 00 1940 00 00

Other Information: very young child...unknown

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Orphanages: Pahiatua, New Zealand
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Residence After 1945

Kraj Stan Dzielnica Miejscowość Najbliższe duże miasto Opis
New Zealand Pahiatua Palmerston North Pahiatua Camp

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