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Personal Details


	Name:	Genowefa Kasprzyk
	Maiden Name:	Wojnarowicz
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	Gender:	Female
	Date of birth:	1925-11-19
	Place of birth:	Poland, Nowogródzkie, Nowogródek, ośiedle Marysiu
	Did this person die during World War ll?:	No
	Date of death:	2009-6-
	Place of death:	United States
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	Fathers given name:	Wojciech
Entry ID: 112261	Mothers given name:	Maria
	Mothers maiden name:	Ciechanowicz
	Given name of spouse:	Zbigniew
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	Given name(s) of children:	Basia, Zbigniew, Danuta, Marek
	Description:	Orphan in South Africa

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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll:	Poland, Nowogródzkie, Nowogródek, ośiedle Marysiu,
Kresy Inhabitant Status:	Military settler / Family member of military settler
Ethnicity:	Polish
Religion:	Roman Catholic
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Occupation at the outbreak of WWll:	child
Military status at the outbreak of WWll:	Not Applicable
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Deportations and Repressions

FROM: yyyy	mm	dd	To: yyyy	mm	dd	To: Soviet socialist republic	Oblast	Locality
1941	09	00	1942	00	00	Russian SFSR	Archangielska oblast'
1941	09	00	1942	00	00	Uzbek SSR

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Her brother Tadeusz died on the train before they got to Moscow, Wojciech died after they had passed Moscow, her mother Maria died as the children were getting on the ship that was to take them cross the Caspian Sea to Pahlevi (Persia). Her younger brother Czeslaw disappeared in Teheran - he went into hospital and she never saw him again. Genowefa and Maria were left alone.

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Other Wartime Circumstances

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Orphanages:
Civilian Camp in the Middle East:	Pahlevi
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Civilian Camp in Africa:	Oudtshoorn
Please provide information if none of the preceding apply:	In Teheran (4-5 hours from Pahlevi), she and her sister were in a camp that was situated at the city walls, and they slept out in the open, under the city walls, because there was no room anywhere else. They slept on blankets, staying like that for four months.They were then was placed in an orphanage in Isfahan for a year and a half, before moving to an orphanage in Oudtshoorn in 1944. Then they moved to another orphanage in Digglefold, Southern Rhodesia. She raised her family in Digglefold, until leaving for the US in 1965.

Residence After 1945

Country	State	District	Locality	Nearest large city	Description
Zimbabwe	Southern Rhodesia		Digglefold
United States	Washington		Seattle