NTV Connect: From Poland to Masindi
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- čas přidán 8. 11. 2011
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The memories of the second World War may have long faded from the minds of many Ugandans still living from that era. But to the residents of Nyabyeya village in Masindi district, the monuments left behind by the Polish refugees in 1948 is a constant reminder of the long departed neighbours.
My mama and entire family were in this camp. My uncle was born here. My grandfather is buried in the cemetery there. My family, Grandmother along with the 6 children ended up in Canada. When they left this camp they went to Koja and then Canada. The three sisters went first to Canada in 1949 and then My grandmother and 3 sons followed Them a year later in 1950. There was no choice to go back to Poland. Their home was now in Belarus and under Soviet rule.
My grandmother, granfather and my mother lived among the Polish refugees. They were Jewish refugees from Latvia. There were 44 Jews in the camp amongst the 3400 Polish refugees. They travelled from the camp to Nairobi and to Palestine via Cairo. Thank you for this video!
My Grandmother, mother, aunties and uncle where all there for 6 years (family name Jentas) they all sailed back on Scythia. They arrived in Liverpool on 15th Aug 1948. I would love to go there one day and see the church they built.
joanna goodacre. I've been to see my grandmothers grave. Go, it is an unbelievable experience.
My grandfather was here with his family during the war and have family buried here too. My aunt has recently written a small book about our family history which includes a lot on Masindi- please contact me for more info! We are now based as a family in the UK and have been since WW2.
What was your family's name at the time. Kind Regards Jo
Bóg zapłać Ugandzie na gościnę. Niech Was Bóg błogosławi!
Amen 🙏we are good people 🇺🇬 i know the place very well
My grand father settled in Uganda as a refugee in the early 70's as a result of the Sudanese War. I was brought up there, attended both primary and secondary schools there and currently working on relocation back to Juba. I personally saw the grave yards.
But my beloved family still lives there.
Thanks for people of Nyabyeya for hosting us till we became citizens of Uganda. But east or west, home is good, am back to South Sudan.
Iv come to realize that where you grow up from ,find peace,comfort and most especially love is where you call home,and the people who love you ,care for you,respect you and most especially protect you are the ones you call family. what's your take???
Its Important To Always Remember Yo Ancestry Area, Dats Gr8t.
I love this tv program (ntv connect)
I agree, the dwellings were not like that
Not very accurate and the so called Polish structures definately do not represent the homes occupied by the Polish community between 1941-1948.
Mr Amos Kabwijamu must shurely remember that the roofing material was predominately made from grass. Just a point of interest, I lived in that locality (now called Nyabyeya) attended the Church as shown in the video and was more or less the same age in in 1942 as Mr. Amos. I congratulate Mr Amos for remembering the few words of Polish.
I lived in masindi as refugee with my mother and two siblings, the structures were different