A few years ago I was privileged to meet a colleague at a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain. She had grown up in a refugee camp in Mbala, in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. Her father remained in Mbala as District Medical Officer. Brought the plight of Poles during WWII very close to home and personal. Thanks for posting the lecture
I was in refuge camp near town called NDOLA, our camp was in BWANA MKUMBA. i WAS THERE FROM 1943 TO 1948 We sailed to England from port BEIRA. i HAVE quite a few photos in camp. MY NAME is STANISLAW GROJEC.
my pop was a refugee in zambia and they managed to make it to Austraila his mother wrote a book wrote a book W sowieckim raju / Eugenia Sendek-Biliczka my last name is Biliczka she was my babcia
As far back as World War II when the German Blitzkrieg occupied most of Europe, 7,000 Polish - mostly women and child refugees - were forced to seek refuge in Nyabyeya in the Masindi District and Koja (Mpunge) in Mukono District in the then British Protectorate of Uganda. It is not uncommon to witness their emotional relatives and descendants paying their respects at the graves of their relatives who were buried in Uganda.
The Polish refugee camp was in my neighbouring town of Oudtshoorn, South Africa. They are still remembered with a display in the town museum. Some were regular refugees, and another group of separate origin consisted specifically of Jewish children. As far as I know a fair number of them were eventually adopted by South African families.
My mum was in Lusaka but also Persia and India before then. Born in present day Ukraine, and sadly passed away this year) she would be appalled to hear Poles refusing entry to Muslims ( agreed via Belarus) and Africans as Ukrainian migrants when their ‘people’ had literally saved her life.
Poland let’s in many refugees what they refuse is to let in migrants from North Africa or Middle East who hold Islamic beliefs and may pose a national security threat IE terrorism.
It is important to recognize these Polish people did not flee to the Soviet Union at the start of WW2, they were not taking refuge in SU, they had been forced into cattle cars by the Soviets and taken to the Soviet east to work as slave labor. When Germany got greedy and attack the SU, the Soviets freed Polish men and their families in the slave labor camps in the east if the Polish men would agree to fight against Germany. The Polish women, children and elderly men were unable to return to Poland, as it was occupied by both the Soviet Union and Germany, and England offered temporary safe haven for them in British colonies. It was not the governments of Uganda, Kenya, etc which invited the Poles. I believe the Poles in these camps were supported financially by the Polish Government in Exile and the British government, and I believe the Polish women engaged in farming to provide food for their families. I don't know the numbers of Poles, if any, who remained after the war. After the war, many Poles could not return to Poland, because it was occupied by the Soviets, so many Poles spent the remainder of their lives in other countries.
Why there is no information on Polish refugees in Northern Rhodesia Bwana Mkubwa camp near town Ndola?.As I was there from 1943 to 1948 and have some photos to prove it.
my pop was a refugee in zambia and they managed to make it to Austraila his mother wrote a book, W sowieckim raju / Eugenia Sendek-Biliczka my last name is Biliczka she was my babcia
look🇵🇱 Wojtek, niedźwiedź który poszedł na wojnę cały film and 🇵🇱 Fragment przemówienia Genarała Andersa w 15 rocznicę bitwy o Monte Cassino - 18 maja 1959
My mum lived there during that time. I was able to visit the area twice with her within the last decade.
A few years ago I was privileged to meet a colleague at a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain. She had grown up in a refugee camp in Mbala, in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. Her father remained in Mbala as District Medical Officer. Brought the plight of Poles during WWII very close to home and personal. Thanks for posting the lecture
I was in refuge camp near town called NDOLA, our camp was in BWANA MKUMBA. i WAS THERE FROM 1943 TO 1948 We sailed to England from port BEIRA. i HAVE quite a few photos in camp. MY NAME is STANISLAW GROJEC.
my pop was a refugee in zambia and they managed to make it to Austraila his mother wrote a book wrote a book
W sowieckim raju / Eugenia Sendek-Biliczka my last name is Biliczka she was my babcia
Thankyou for Your video. I knew a lot of these wonderful brave people. Still know a couple who are now in their nineties ❤❤
my great grandmother was there
Thank you for watching.
My Polish fathers family was in Africa. My father went to a technical school in Palestine at this time .
As far back as World War II when the German Blitzkrieg occupied most of Europe, 7,000 Polish - mostly women and child refugees - were forced to seek refuge in Nyabyeya in the Masindi District and Koja (Mpunge) in Mukono District in the then British Protectorate of Uganda. It is not uncommon to witness their emotional relatives and descendants paying their respects at the graves of their relatives who were buried in Uganda.
The Polish refugee camp was in my neighbouring town of Oudtshoorn, South Africa. They are still remembered with a display in the town museum. Some were regular refugees, and another group of separate origin consisted specifically of Jewish children. As far as I know a fair number of them were eventually adopted by South African families.
Incredible history
It bothers me that at this time when everyone wants to be safe, Poland is refusing entry to African black refugees with the Russian attack of Ukraine.
I told this to a polish colleague, who had never heard of this🤔🤔
Polish and Ukrainians are racist it's in their blood Ukraine has a far right terrorist division in their army and nothing is said about it
My mum was in Lusaka but also Persia and India before then. Born in present day Ukraine, and sadly passed away this year) she would be appalled to hear Poles refusing entry to Muslims ( agreed via Belarus) and Africans as Ukrainian migrants when their ‘people’ had literally saved her life.
Uganda was British colony at that time and polish refugees were sponsored byGr. Britain not blacks/muslims(I lived in Massindi camp for 6 yes)
Poland let’s in many refugees what they refuse is to let in migrants from North Africa or Middle East who hold Islamic beliefs and may pose a national security threat IE terrorism.
It is important to recognize these Polish people did not flee to the Soviet Union at the start of WW2, they were not taking refuge in SU, they had been forced into cattle cars by the Soviets and taken to the Soviet east to work as slave labor.
When Germany got greedy and attack the SU, the Soviets freed Polish men and their families in the slave labor camps in the east if the Polish men would agree to fight against Germany. The Polish women, children and elderly men were unable to return to Poland, as it was occupied by both the Soviet Union and Germany, and England offered temporary safe haven for them in British colonies. It was not the governments of Uganda, Kenya, etc which invited the Poles. I believe the Poles in these camps were supported financially by the Polish Government in Exile and the British government, and I believe the Polish women engaged in farming to provide food for their families. I don't know the numbers of Poles, if any, who remained after the war. After the war, many Poles could not return to Poland, because it was occupied by the Soviets, so many Poles spent the remainder of their lives in other countries.
Why there is no information on Polish refugees in Northern Rhodesia Bwana Mkubwa camp near town Ndola?.As I was there from 1943 to 1948 and have some photos to prove it.
Really. How interesting
Did you know Halina Ravensdale?
My father and grandmother was in Abercorn camp in northern Rhodesia, his name was zdzislaw Piotr SOWKA.
my pop was a refugee in zambia and they managed to make it to Austraila his mother wrote a book, W sowieckim raju / Eugenia Sendek-Biliczka my last name is Biliczka she was my babcia
Is that book available in English language I wonder please
@@conhallows unfortunately it isn't but my dad and pop are in the process of translating it to get it republished
@@ryanandrew7695 so awesome. I would like to read that book. Was your pop in tbe Polisb Resistance. Was any of your family in the Warsaw Uprising 1944
Hi Ryza. I would like to have more information, and how to access the book your mom wrote.
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Wojtek, niedźwiedź który poszedł na wojnę cały film
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Fragment przemówienia Genarała Andersa w 15 rocznicę bitwy o Monte Cassino - 18 maja 1959
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South African Sanctuary For Polish Refugees Aka South Africa Provides Sanctuary (1939)
Wielka Droga Poland 1946. CZcams.
What resources did you use for this lecture? Are there any good books about the movement?
Stolen Childhood, A Saga of Polish War Children by Lucian Krolikowski, O.F.M. Conv.
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Artwork by a Polish Survivor of Soviet Deportations to Siberia