Squadron A of the Polish Technical Air School for Minors in Halton and its instructors, 16.04.1944

The photo shows students from the Polish Aviation Technical School in Halton, UK. Perhaps we could decipher at least some of the names?

What was the fate of the Polish children from the orphanage in Zagorsk?

From 1943, Marysia, Bolek and Romek Malec stayed at the orphanage for Polish orphans in Zagorsk in the Moscow region. This was the fate of the thousands of Polish children who were deported with their parents deep into the Soviet Union in 1940-1941.

Who are they: Vercia and Marysia – two women from the Soviet Republic of Komi?

Helena Krycka was deported by the Soviets in September 1946 to the Komi ASRS from Friedland in Prussia, where the Germans had sent her for collaborating with the Home Army. As an ‘enemy of the people’, a Soviet court sentenced her to 10 years in gulags with neither...
Polish orphanage in Staevo

Polish orphanage in Staevo

This photograph, taken in 1945, shows the children and caretakers of the Polish orphanage in Staevo, Komi ASRS. Perhaps someone can help us to recognise them?

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The dramatic fate of Franciszek Bruchnicki

The dramatic fate of Franciszek Bruchnicki

Franciszek Bruchnicki served in General Berling’s Army. In September 1944, he fought in the Czerniaków bridgehead, on the outskirts of Warsaw. A year later, he died in the gulag in Magadan. How did he end up there?

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The story of one photograph

The story of one photograph

This photograph came to our Museum from the family of Jan Witusiak, who was deported with his family to the village of Teja in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Before we published it on...

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