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Name: Maria Kołodzińska
Maiden Name: Nowotarska
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Gender: Female
Date of birth: 1933-10-25
Place of birth: Poland, Stanisławowskie, Tłumacz, Zagorze Polskie
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
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Fathers given name: Mikołaj Nowotarski
Entry ID: 102856 Mothers given name: Rozalia Nowotarska
Mothers maiden name: Jagusz
Given name of spouse: Stanisław Kołodziński
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Given name(s) of children: Helen, Stanisław, Krystyna, Stefania
Description: Maria's mother Rozalia passed away prior to WWII - approximately 1937. Maria was living with her grandmother not far from her father and brother in Tłumacz at the outbreak of war. Sadly Maria's grandmother passed away in the camp in Russia shortly after being deported.
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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland, Stanisławowskie, Tłumacz, Zagorze Polskie,
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Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic
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Occupation at the outbreak of WWll: Child
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Deportations and Repressions

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1940 02 10 1941 08 24 Russian SFSR Komi republika autonomiczna

Other Information: The information on Maria's deportation was sourced from Ósrodek Karta.After Amnesty Maria's father Mikołaj and another from the camp built a raft together - five of them travelled on the raft from the camp to the nearest city.

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Orphanages: Pahiatua, New Zealand
Civilian Camp in the Middle East: Esfahan
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Please provide information if none of the preceding apply: In Pahlevi Maria and her brother Jan were able to stay together with their father and his Army unit before the army moved out. In Teheran Maria was very sick with Malaria and stayed in the hospital until moving to Isfahan where she was placed in House No. 5.

Residence After 1945

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New Zealand

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