Personal Details

Name: Wanda Skrobecki
Maiden Name: Kochan
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Gender: Female
Date of birth: 1929-03-01
Place of birth: Poland, Wileńskie, Wilejka, Wilejka
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
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Fathers given name: Wladyslaw
Entry ID: 117950 Mothers given name: Maria
Mothers maiden name: Olejnik
Given name of spouse: Wieslaw
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Given name(s) of children: Tadeusz, Anna, Janina
Description: Her father was an official of the Polish Draft Board (Komenda Uzupelnienia) and her mother was a nurse. When the Soviets invaded, they arrested her father - he was held in a local prison and later sent to Siberia. Wanda was later deported with her sister Janina and her mother.
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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland, Wileńskie, Wilejka, Wilejka,
Kresy Inhabitant Status: Kresy inhabitant for several generations
Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic
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Occupation at the outbreak of WWll: child
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Deportations and Repressions

FROM: yyyy mm dd To: yyyy mm dd To: Soviet socialist republic Oblast Locality
1941 00 00 1942 00 00 Russian SFSR Ałtajski Kraj
1941 00 00 1942 00 00 Uzbek SSR

Other Information: Released on 'amnesty', the family were reunited with their father/husband, and traveled south to find the Polish Army.


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Civilian Camp in the Middle East: Tehran
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Please provide information if none of the preceding apply: Camped in Pahlevi in Iran until the rains came, then traveled and stayed in Teheran - Camp II and then later at Camp I. Next her family was sent south to Isfahan via Qom. They stayed for a year, before going to Beirut, Lebanon.

Residence After 1945

Country State District Locality Nearest large city Description
United Kingdom Leicestershire Laughborough
United States Washington Seattle
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