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Post by killough5 on Nov 18, 2018 22:49:51 GMT
I am happy to announce that the book we have been working on for the past 18 months is finally available. This book documents the experience of living in Polish resettlement camps in England and Wales after WW2. It is a photographic record of events in the camps brought to life in personal stories by past residents. In 75,000 words and 700 images the book covers thirty camps and six Polish boarding schools. Second and third generation descendants researching their past, find little or no information about how or why their parents or grandparents came here, how they lived and integrated in the British community. Similarly, English communities are increasingly aware that military camps in their neighbourhood emptied after WW2 then filled with displaced persons. They find few records about who these people were, where they came from or their personal and social lives. This book recreates the spirit of that period and fills a historical void. The book is available from Amazon on the link below. www.amazon.co.uk/POLISH-RESETTLEMENT-CAMPS-ENGLAND-WALES/dp/0956993494/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_t_1_VK2A |
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Post by stantheman1 on Sept 17, 2020 15:33:10 GMT
I am happy to announce that the book we have been working on for the past 18 months is finally available. This book documents the experience of living in Polish resettlement camps in England and Wales after WW2. It is a photographic record of events in the camps brought to life in personal stories by past residents. In 75,000 words and 700 images the book covers thirty camps and six Polish boarding schools. Second and third generation descendants researching their past, find little or no information about how or why their parents or grandparents came here, how they lived and integrated in the British community. Similarly, English communities are increasingly aware that military camps in their neighbourhood emptied after WW2 then filled with displaced persons. They find few records about who these people were, where they came from or their personal and social lives. This book recreates the spirit of that period and fills a historical void. The book is available from Amazon on the link below. www.amazon.co.uk/POLISH-RESETTLEMENT-CAMPS-ENGLAND-WALES/dp/0956993494/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_t_1_VK2A |
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Post by markmrp on Jan 12, 2021 19:01:10 GMT
I wanted to order but its unavailable. I live in the USA. I was born inn Germany August 27, 1946, and in December, my mother and I along with another mother and her child were sent to the camp in Melton Mowbray, which was just being set up. My family lived at both sites 1 and 4, and in 1955 after almost 9 years we emigrated to the USA. I do have many photographs on several families, including mine, as well as photos from several holiday celebrations and dance performances. I also have copies of newspaper articles, as I was the boy who personally greeted several Polish dignitaries who visited the camp in the early 1950's. One of the small photos on the old web site actually has a phot of me holding a diploma scroll along with other students and the principal and teacher at our school. I would love to get in contact and send you copies of my data.
Mark(Marek) Piotrowski, son of Jozef Piotrowski (Polish Air Force)
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Post by bjkrywko on Aug 18, 2022 16:54:22 GMT
Hello Zosia and all others on this amazing blog. I have a couple of copies of your book (one for me and the other for my mother who experienced it). What an excellent resource for us today and generations to come. I refer to it often. I have been trying to nail down the exact date, or as close as possible, when General Anders visited the Darlington Camp near Cirencester in the Gloucester area of England. I found information that he had visited nearby camp, Northwick Park in July 1952. So, I assume he may have toured the camps in groups. The Polish newspaper 'Dziennik Polski' out of London probably carried stories but their archives have not been digitized, as far as I can tell. So I am hoping maybe someone out there can help. Interestingly, after I obtained a copy of the ' Trail of Hope: The Anders Army, An Odyssey Across Three Continents' by Norman Davies - November 24, 2015 (an excellent read, by the way) and shared it with my mother when she showed me a picture of her sitting right next to the general during his visit at the Darlington Camp. This same picture can be found at the Daglingworth page on this website: www.polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk/daglingworth1.htm The only people she could indentify was the general and herself. I have been trying to determine the source of the photo, and who the photographer was. Thanks. -Bish |
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