Jan Kołodziński - Brothers death in train accident
Jan describes how his 17 year old brother, who had gone to get food for the family, tried to jump onto the train that was moving away from the station, …
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki - They saved a Polish youth in the Russian Army
On the journey south to join the Polish Army, they met up with a Polish youth who had been conscripted into the Russian Army, and her father decided to save …
Eugenia (Piotuch) Smolnicki - Arrived in India - each Indian carried a small suitcase
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 …
Jan/John Migut - Corpses in winter
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 …