Wall of Tribute - Kresy Siberia

Personal Details


	Name:	Zofia Bajkowska
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	Gender:	Female
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	Place of birth:	Poland, Białostockie, Wołkowysk,
	Did this person die during World War ll?:	No
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	Fathers given name:	Miesczyslaw
Entry ID: 90549	Mothers given name:	Bronislawa
	Mothers maiden name:	Czaplejewska
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	Description:	"Zofia was one of the first to be struck down by typhus, she survived only by a miracle.In this region of Siberia winter lasts nine months and the summer is short but beautiful. Bed bugs were a major problem during the summer. The bugs made their nests in the moss which covered the barracks ceilings and during the night they fell on the sleeping unfortunates."

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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll:	Poland, Białostockie, Wołkowysk, arable farm of ten hectares near the village of Podorosk,
Kresy Inhabitant Status:	Kresy inhabitant for several generations
Ethnicity:	Polish
Religion:	Roman Catholic
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Occupation at the outbreak of WWll:	n/a (Child)
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Deportations and Repressions

FROM: yyyy	mm	dd	To: yyyy	mm	dd	To: Soviet socialist republic	Oblast	Locality
1940	02	10	1941	09	00	Russian SFSR	Archangielska oblast'

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"The Poles from this locality – around 600 – were then grouped in the nearby mansion of wealthy landlord Pan Bochwica. The following morning, in 35 degrees of frost, they were transported 25 kilometres to the train station at Wolkowysk. There they were 'packed' into waiting cattle trucks. Inside they found wooden beds, boards and planks allowing them to sit or lie but not stand. The windows were small and grated, and – as if to make things worse – frozen over. In the centre was a so-called heater or small metal coal fire. A hole in the corner served as a toilet. And so it was that in these spartan conditions the Poles began their journey into exile.The train took them to nearby Baranowice where they languished for a week until authorisation to proceed to the next stage of their journey into the depths of the Soviet Union arrived. Tears were shed by one and all as they crossed the border of the defeated and now non-existent Second Republic of Poland. Many of them would never return.During the long journey they helped and supported each other. An atmosphere of sincerity and sympathy reigned transcending their awful fate and everyone tried, whenever they could, to raise the spirits of others. "

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