Sala Świadectw

Ewa describes how she and her parents lived in Teheran, including the apartment that her father rented for them.

Ewa describes how she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Service of the Army and worked in Administration, counting costs.

Ewa describes how they were already at the station, waiting to board a train south, when someone from the farm came to find them and bring a letter from her …

Irena describes how they cooked their meals, what the huts were like, and other details about life in Masindi.

Irena joins the Cadets in Guzar and is assured food, clothing, and a place to sleep. She also locates her Aunt Felicia who joined the Women’s Auxiliary Army service. The …

Irene names all the neighbours that lived on the Military Settlement of Radziwiłłów.

Antoni describes how his mother decided they should find the Polish Army, so they headed south and eventually evacuated to Persia.

Antoni talks about the dog that was his companion while at the camp – a stray Siberian Husky that may have been left behind by those who had preceded them …

Antoni tells how his mother took the family photos and her fox fur to Siberia – she had the fur all through the journey, and still had it when they …

Halina’s mother became more and more ill as they were evacuated to Persia, and she died on the beach in Pahlevi just hours after they arrived there. When she died, …

Halina describes the work she did, as a 12 year old, at the collective farm in Uzbekistan.

Halina describes the German settlement that was located near their village, where she would go to exchange some of their belongings for food.

Halina describes how she would pick berries and then sell them in the nearest town, in order to earn money to buy some food for the family.

Halina describes where they were taken by the Soviets. In contrast with most deportees who ended up in labour camps, they were taken to a small village that formed a …

Halina describes how her mother had expected that they would be removed from their home and had prepared two suitcases with the necessities that would be required.

Describes how a bomb fell on his brother during the battle, cutting off his leg. His brother insisted that he should run and save himself, so he did. When he …

Marian describes how his scout troop was enlisted to defend Przemysl, and then Lwow.

Marian describes how he was hoping to cross the Romanian border, in order to join the Polish Army in exile, but ended up hopping on a freight train that went …