Testimonies

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.

Mieczyslaw was sent on special training prior to D-Day, in order to learn how to equip tanks so that they would float ashore.

Mieczyslaw explains how the Polish soldiers in Scotland were asked to contribute some of their pay to the Polish soldiers who had recently been released from the USSR.

Mieczyslaw partook in the French campaign and, when France surrendered, he made his way to the UK.

Mieczyslaw describes getting to Hungary and being interned there.

Mieczyslaw describes an event where Polish troops shot at Col. Maczek’s car by mistake and how, years later, he received a letter from Gen. Maczek attesting to the fact that …

Mieczyslaw describes how, just prior to the September Campaign, he became part of the 10th Armoured Brigade under Colonel Maczek.

Miecyzslaw speaks of his youth in Poland, and how he learned to swim and fish in a neighbourhood swimming hole.

Mieczyslaw describes a typical hunting expedition in the forests near his home.

On arrival in Canada, Czeslaw passed a more detailed medical examination in Kingston, Ontario and was found to have active TB on his left lung. He and some 100 others …

Czeslaw explains how he and his brother worked as goat shepherds, which provided them with more food during the short summer months. He also describes the death of his 2 …

Czeslaw explains how he and a friend were wrongly accused of having escaped from a work camp, and an NKVD officer defended them against this accusation.

Regina describes how, by pure chance, her father found them in the camp in Teheran

Regina tells how they learned much later about the fact that her brother was shot trying to escape from the Russian prison.

Regina describes how the Russians came and told her mother that they were taking the house and all the belongings in it. She was left with a blanket and a …

Wanda tells how malaria was an ever-present fact of life, since it was impossible to escape being bitten by mosquitoes, even though they used DDT.

Wanda describes the freedom that the children enjoyed in Africa, and the adventures that they enjoyed.