Thursday, June 6, 2013

Polish Children in India---1942

During the Second World War, 5000 Polish children came as refugees to India. A documentary on this, Little Poland in India,will soon be released. The children were orphans, evacuated from Poland to Siberia during the war. They reached India in 1942 and lived in special camps, returning to Poland later.One such camp was set up by K S Digvijaysinhji, the maharaja of Jamnagar in Gujarat. He looked after the children as a father would. There were other camps in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Most of the children were said to be Roman Catholics.
The film is based on records and on the memories of the now grown-up children.

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