Orphanage in Russia where Polish Officer found them

Name:

Jozefa (Kasznia) Kapera

Description:

Jozefa explains how she and her sister ended up in a Russian orphanage after they were released from the hospital where their mother and older sister died. A Polish officer found them there and took them to the Polish Orphanage. There, Jozefa was minding her little sister when she died in her arms.

Language:

Polish

Tags
  • orphanage
  • Polish Officer
  • USSR
Created By:

Shelley Upton

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Author of Memoirs - Jozefa Kapera

Place of birth:
Poland Tarnopolskie Podhajce
Military Experience
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Place of residence in 1939:
Poland , Tarnopolskie , Podhajce ,' Osada Szwajcaria',
Place of Residence after 1945
United Kingdom, Derbyshire, Chellaston DE73 6RE,
Deportations and repressions
26, 08, 1941, ,
Other Wartime Circumstances
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Orphanages: , , Yes, FIrst a Russian, then a Polish orphanage in Samarkand, Uzbekistan