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New Zealand's First Refugees: Pahiatua's Polish Children

Contents

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Contents

Credits 2
Acknowledgements 3
Preface 4
Notes on the text 8
Part One Background
Foreword 12
Becoming Polish New Zealanders 14
Brief history of Poland 18
Stalin's deportations of the Poles 20
The Polish Children's Camp in Pahiatua 24
Prime Minister's letters 27
Part Two The Polish refugee children's stories 60 years later
End of childhood Dioniza Choroś (Gradzik) 34
Taken north to Siberia Sister Stella (Józefa Wrotniak) 44
Taken south to Kazakhstan Halina Morrow (Fladrzyńska) 60
Earned the right Marian Adamski 74
The journey home Piotr Aulich 75
A nursing career Józefa Berry (Węgrzyn) 78
Getting by Henryka Blackler (Aulich) 80
My life after polio Maria Campbell (Pytlos) 81
This hospitable country Irena Coates (Ogonowska) 85
The good and the bad Janina Duynhoven (Kornobis) 89
Returning to Poland Henryk Dziura 91
Giving back to the country Wanda Ellis (Pelc) 95
New Zealand is my home Ryszard Gołębiewski 97
Kiwi holidays Emilia Henderson (Sondej) 100
A religious life Sister Jadwiga (Maria Rombel) 107
It was paradise Józef Jagiełło 109
Being a boy Bogusław Januszkiewicz 111
My QSM was for all of us Jan Jarka 115
Finding peace in a foreign land Krzysztof Jasiński (Staszczuk) 117
Nothing is impossible Felicja Juchnowicz (Nadolska) 123
Journey into the unkown Irena Kane (Woźniak) 125
Mother and children refugees Leokadia Kazimierzak (Kołodzińska) 127
Breaking the language barrier Janina Keenan (Chrzczanowicz) 128
Happy days Wanda Kowalewska (Szczawińska) 130
My long-lost sister Aleksandra Kraczko 132
Relentless search for my family Kazimierz Krawczyk 133page 6
Jack of all trades Edward Kukiełko 13
My family's experiences Danuta Kupidura (Łakoma) 140
Polish mother Jadwiga Lynch (Lutomska) 141
Fragments of memory Zenona Łakoma 142
A lucky man Anicet Łakomy 143
Troubles with language Stanisław Manterys 146
The camp's hairdresser Maria Matkowska (Zielińska) 152
A safe country with opportunity Julian Mazur 153
The story about the canoe Alfons Moroz 155
Coming full circle Jan Niedźwiecki 156
Visiting Soviet Poland Czesława Panek (Wierzbińska) 159
New Zealand was good to me Franciszka Quirk (Węgrzyn) 161
The camp's craftsman Kazimierz Rajwer 162
A fortunate life Jan Roy-Wojciechowski 164
Youngest boys in awera Antoni Rybiński 167
Remembering the people Maria Sinkinson (Skiba) 170
Spare the rod, spoil the child? Stanisław Skiba 172
Treasured memories Eugenia Smolnicka (Piotuch) 173
Growing into New Zealand Stefania Sondej (Manterys) 175
A tribute Janina Szczepańska (Malczewska) 181
A case in point Krystyna Tomaszyk (Skwarko) 182
My family's journey Regina Villmo (Zielińska) 185
A grain of salt Romualda Waluszewska (Sokalska) 188
Wanganui holidays The Wanganui Chronicle 189
A good Kiwi life Tadeusz Woś 191
My life in New Zealand Helena Wypych (Chwieduk) 193
A caregiver and refugee Maria Wypych (Węgrzyn) 198
Getting rich quick at Pio Pio Józef Zawada 202
A selection of memories: Jadwiga Cooper (Jarka), Regina Czyżowicz (Kupis), Katarzyna Fahey (Piesocka), Marceli Jamrozy, Teresa Jenner (Dmochowska), Danuta and Wiesław Kaliński, Marian (Marek) Kazimierzak , Czesława Krystman (Szach), Lech Lubas, Izabela Melvin (Jankiewicz), Janina Ościłowska (Łabędź), Zofia Przerwa-Tetmajer (Łuszczewska), Elżbieta Sawicka (Bednarska), Leon Sondej, Wanda Watoła (Martul), Ola Wołk (Sajewicz), Stefania Zawada (Sondej) 204
Part Three The next generations
A basis for tolerance Paul Coates 215
Which team do I support? Piotr Gawor 217
It takes a village Barbara Hanson 219
Visiting the homeland Elizabeth Jarka 223
The Youth Club Bela Jones 225
Keeping the values Ed Juchnowicz 231page 7
Our extended family Tereska Kozera and Veronika Mak 233
Straddling the two cultures Terenia Krystman-Turski 234
Enterprising spirit Isabella Kuczma 237
Pros and cons Marek Manterys 238
Eternal hope Gordon Noble-Campbell 240
Positively Polish Maria Schlaadt 242
My cultural legacy Danusia Trask 245
Finding dad's roots Michael Pleciak 247
Working hard for privilege Christina Quirke 249
Freedom and opportunity Joe Zazulak 252
Part Four New Zealanders remember the Polish refugee children
A cameraman's story Earl Bailey 258
Stanisław Dygas' obituary Bill Ballantyne 259
Popular Scout leader Elizabeth Banks 261
The train ride to Pahiatua Mollie Baoumgren 262
A great impression on my life Geoff Bennett 264
Remembering the Polish boys Bill Cronin 265
A teacher's story Alexander Henderson 266
Palmerston North Railway Station Allan Hughes 277
A teacher's pride Mary McAllister 280
Finding lost and loved ones Claire Ny 283
Józef Pieczara's obituary Vel Puke 285
Three wonderful boys Sheila Quirk 287
Pani Konsulowa Valerie Roy-Wojciechowski 288
A selection of memories: New Zealanders remember: Gordon McArthur, Maureen Mokrzecki 294
Pahiatua remembers: compiled by Jean Eddie 295
Part Five The camp and hostels
The camp's administration 304
Scouting in the camp 322
The Polish hostels, 1946-58 324
Part Six Appendices
A Maps 342
B Survey of Polish refugee children 344
C Statistics: Poles in New Zealand 350
D Other countries of refuge 351
E Further reading 353
F List of children and staff 355