Tadeusz (Bernard Mazur’s father) came to New Zealand in 1944. He was an orphan. His parents were military settlers and lived near Sokal. On the 10th of February 1940, the Soviets deported the whole family to Siberia. Bernard’s father never cared to talk about the time of deportation. Whereas Bernard was both too young and too busy with his life with no time to ask about it. His father possessed only one photo of his parents Among these four people in the picture, Bernard is not sure who his grandfather and grandmother were …
The interview was conducted as part of the project “Bolesław Augustis and Sybiracy in New Zealand. Query and digitisation of selected archives’ was co-financed by the National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad ‘Polonica’ and the budget of the City of Białystok.