Orphanage in Russia where Polish Officer found them
Jozefa (Kasznia) Kapera
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.
Polish
- orphanage
- Polish Officer
- USSR
Shelley Upton
Author of Memoirs - Jozefa Kapera
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Place of birth: Poland Tarnopolskie Podhajce |
Military Experience , , |
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 , , , , , |
Orphanages: , , Yes, FIrst a Russian, then a Polish orphanage in Samarkand, Uzbekistan |