Janina (Lepszy) Rychalska - Janina (Lepszy) Rychalska
Describing how her mother decided to risk going south without the proper papers, and how a Russian soldier helped her by explaining what she should do on the train. At …
Elzbieta (Komar) Watrach - Train accident_Mother injured
Describing the train accident that occurred on the way to Krasnowodsk, and how seriously her mother was injured. In order to board the ship, friends disguised her mother by sitting …
Ludwik Hajduk - Mother dies in Uzbekistan
His mother died, shortly after receiving a letter from her husband saying that they will soon join the Polish Army. She was buried next to her son Kazimierz in a …
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki - Tried to save bread for her mother
Eugenia describes how she kept wanting to save part of her bread so that she could bring it to her starving mother, but she was so hungry herself that she …
Tadeusz Szunejko - Father disappeared en route to Uzbekistan
His father was unwell on the train journey south. He got off at one station, to get food and water for the family, and they never saw him again. Red …
Bernarda (Karbowa) Andrejczuk - People dying on the southbound train
Bernarda describes how people would die and their bodies were left on the side of the tracks, with no proper burial. Her parents would not have survived the trip south, …
Ewa (Borkowska) Mikusiński - Almost missed getting fathers news
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 (Chojnacka) Kuś - Guzer Junaczki Finds Fella then Persia
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 …
Halina (Myszak) Babinska - Mother dies in Pahlevi
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, …
Jerzy Wiktor Bockenhein - Grandmother dies and 10 year old sister buried her
Describes how he, his mother and his grandmother were all in hospital with typhoid. He was lying in the bed with his mother, and she was in a worse state …