Sala Świadectw

Describing how they escaped from Poland, soon after their repatriation from Kazakhstan, and made their way through Germany to Italy.

Describing how his mother knew of the amnesty but did not feel that she could take a chance to travel south with two children who were so young.

Describing how his father and some friends escaped to Romania in order to avoid being arrested by the Soviets.

Describing how she decided to continue her studies and was awarded a bursary by the Polish-Government-in-Exile (Polish Resettlement Corps)

Describing how her father and brother-in-law organized the trip south, and how at one stop a Russian soldier allotted a loaf of break for each of the 84 persons traveling …

Describing the conditions of life in this northern part of Kazakhstan.

Describing how they tried to move to various countries, and eventually they had a sponsor to come to the USA

Describing the schooling she received, the teachers, the director, and the landscape of Santa Rosa.

Describing how they spent a few weeks in a camp in Los Angeles and received clothing from a number of Polish-American charities.

Describing how the family and the Polish government made all the arrangements for the funeral of her husband at the military cemetery in Warsaw.

Describing the hospitals in the area, and the huge number of injured and dead at Monte Cassino.

Describing how a neighbour found them on the train and brought a trunk full of goods to them.

Irena describes living with a young Russian couple in Uzbekistan.

Irena describes how the children were dying of disease and malnutrition in great numbers, then Bishop Gawlina came to give the older ones their Confirmation. One girl died right at …

Irena describes how her father knew the commandant from the period of the First World War, and how he treated them kindly as a result of this.

Describing how a Russian soldier and his daughter helped them survive in Siberia.

Describing how her sister fell in the river, then was forced to work in wet clothing, developed pneumonia and died a week later.

Describing how a Jewish neighbour found them in the cattle wagon and came to bring assistance to her mother.

Describing the harsh conditions in the Middle East and the rigorous daily routine that he experienced during his 6 years as a cadet.

Describing how they travelled for 6 days on barges on the Amudaria River. During this time, the girl lying next to him died, and he never even saw what she …

Describing how his uncle was crushed by a falling tree, and died later that same day, after his brother had carried him home. He may have survived, had there been …

Explains how he got to America

Remembering the ship across the Caspian Sea, then the train from Pahlevi to Teheran.

Describing his father’s arrest, deportation to Murmansk, and his eventual death there.