Sala Świadectw

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 …

One night, every child in the room witnessed what seemed to be a boy possessed by the Devil

Eugenia’s health just kept getting worse and worse, and she was ready to give up completely. Then the lady who had lead her group out of Russia appeared, and told …

Maria tells how her cousins were smuggled out of Poland by Jews leaving for Palestine, in thanks for having saved their children.

Maria describes the daily routines at the camp.

Maria describes the terrifying way they were unloaded from the ship in India.

Maria tells how she and her brother were examined in an American hospital in Persia.

Maria describes how the hut was buried in a snowstorm and they were saved 3 days later, when others dug them out.

Maria tells how her mother took to fortune-telling in exchange for food during the winter months, thereby allowing them to survive.

Maria describes the way they had to live when they arrived at the kolkhoz.

Maria describes how her mother could have asked people to sign a petition to release her husband, but she chose not to endanger them in this way.

Maria describes how her mother wrote to different camps and found her husband in the Starobielsk prison.

Jan explains what the children did in kindergarten, and sings a song that he learned there.

Jan tells how the Uzbeks would bury their dead in a sitting position and place food on their lap. In order to survive, they dug up the food.

Jan describes how the bodies of those who died during winter months would be piled outside, waiting for burial in the spring. Not knowing any better, the children would play …

Jan tells how they would gather berries, mushrooms and tree sap in the forest, to help them survive.

Jan describes the work that his father and sister had to do, as well as the food rations they were given.

Jan describes how the barracks looked and the conditions they had to sleep in.

Jan tells how a man on the train tried to save his daughter by putting her in a potato sack and lowering her outside the train at one of the …

Jan describes how the Russians came to get them and others, and take them to the train station.

Mieczyslaw describes his community involvement and some of the successes he helped to achieve.

Mieczyslaw describes the injuries he received at Breda and the medical treatments he received.

Mieczyslaw describes the way the people of the town welcomed the Polish troops with flowers, and celebration.

Mieczyslaw states how horrific these battles were, and how the aftermath is impossible to describe.