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Name: Helena Hil
Maiden Name: Bej
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Gender: Female
Date of birth: 1928-08-08
Place of birth: Poland, Wołyńskie, Village of Markostaw.
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
Date of death: 2008-7-12
Place of death: United Kingdom
Cause of Death:Heart attack
Fathers given name: Stanislaw Bej
Entry ID: 117779 Mothers given name: Unknown
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Given name of spouse: Mieczyslaw
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Given name(s) of children: Henryk, Ryszard
Description: Helena's father died in 1941 after being hit in the back with a rifle butt by a German soldier. Her mother died in a bombing raid by German bombers while in Wlodzimierz Hospital in 1941. Markostaw was attacked by UPA and Ukranians in 1943. Ukranians destroyed the village and killed most of the inhabiants. Both Helena and her brother Stanislaw had been looked after by a neighbour. Both escaped to Wlodzimierz where they were abducted by the Nazis and sent to Germany for forced labour on a farm near Flensburg. ( Their parents had owned a small holding in Markostaw,Wolyn.) After the war, Stanislaw went back to Poland and got married and settled in Sczeczin on the Baltic Coast. He had two children Zenek and Regina.Helena went to Bradford, England and married a Polish soldier from the Polish 2nd Corps called Mieczyslaw Hil. They had two children, Henryk and Ryszard. After leaving Leeds, they lived in Coventry.Henryk lives in Lima ,Peru and my Ryszard lives in Elanora on the Gold Coast ,Australia.
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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland, Wołyńskie, (near Wlodzimierz)
Kresy Inhabitant Status: Civilian settler / Family member of civilian settler
Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic
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Occupation at the outbreak of WWll: School Child
Military status at the outbreak of WWll: Not Applicable
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German forced labourer 14 07 1943 18 05 1945

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Other Information: My mother was from Markostaw in Wolyn, but was originally from Bubnow, where she was born. Both of my parents have passed away.
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Country State District Locality Nearest large city Description
United Kingdom Nortern England Yorkshie Leeds
United Kingdom Midlands Warwickshire Coventry

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