Polish Orphans, Soviet Gulags, and Indian Help?

k98_man	Aug 27, 10, 21:03 #31
Haha, something like that. Back on-topic so the thread doesn't get deleted. I imagine Wroclaw is not far from doing it....

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Aug 27, 10, 21:12 #32
Do you know if there is some kind of association for people rescued by this project, and their descendants?

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Aug 27, 10, 21:14 #33
k98_man: I imagine Wroclaw is not far from doing it.... no, i'm learning something. the info in the original post came as a pleasant surprise.

monika87Threads: - Posts: 77 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♀	Edited by: Moderator Aug 27, 10, 21:24 #34
sorry my last comment i postet too late, as you have probably noticed ;-) Trevek: someone will probably tell you to start promoting burgers and steaks ;-D go for it k98_man ;-) It seems you are like our country, what made you like our country that much? ;-) Do you have a polish girlfriend or so...? ;-) Please, don't take the thread off topic. Thank you.

k98_man	Aug 27, 10, 22:04 #35
Trevek: Do you know if there is some kind of association for people rescued by this project, and their descendants? I wonder if they do. I have seen some figures for Jews saved by Schindler, but I imagine it would be hard to find this information. They were scattered amongst Commonwealth nations to complicate things farther.

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Edited by: asik Aug 28, 10, 04:21 #36

Trevek:

Do you know if there is some kind of association for people rescued by this project, and their descendants?

k98_man:

I wonder if they do. I have seen some figures for Jews saved by Schindler, but I imagine it would be hard to find this information. They were scattered amongst Commonwealth nations to complicate things farther.

I've discovered an article that says:

".....Do dzisiaj zyje okolo stu "dzieci maharadzy" (albo "polskich Indian" jak
sami siebie zartobliwie nazywaja), z czego okolo dwudziestu w Polsce.

Pod koniec lat osiemdziesiatych delegacja "dzieci maharadzy" pojechala
jeszcze raz do Indii. Spotkali sie z synem swojego wybawiciela (tym, który
dostal od nich na urodziny strój krakowski) i odslonili tablice pamiatkowa
na miejscu Polskiego Obozu...."

"...Until today there are about one hundred of "children of Maharaja" (or "Polish Indians" as they jokingly call themselves) of which about twenty live in Poland.

In the late 80's delegation of "children of Maharaja" went to India again. They've met with Maharaja's son and they have unvailed a commemorative plaque in the memory of Polish camp..."

Also, some interesting information:

One of the best, most popular and well known Polish secondary/high school, which is located in Warsaw was named after the Maharaja, with school's full name:
Zespół Szkół im. Maharadży Jam Saheba Digvijay Sinhji - "Bednarska"
http://www.bednarska.edu.pl/
This school is providing schoolarship in the name of Maharaja for refugees children seeking help in Poland.

This unbelievable story in short:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.culture.polish/2010-01 /msg02344.html

k98_man thanks for the story and thanks to people like you who promote some of the Polish history facts.
I can tell you I've never heard this story until today, thanks a lot.

k98_man

Aug 29, 10, 00:27 #37

asik:

k98_man thanks for the story and thanks to people like you who promote some of the Polish history facts.
I can tell you I've never heard this story until today, thanks a lot.

My pleasure. Thank you for the translation and additional information.

I first learned about this by a journalist from Warsaw who is a friend of mine. On his facebook account it showed that name as his highschool and I wondered how the heck an Indian name came to a Polish school in Warsaw. He told me the story which I found online and posted!

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Sep 16, 10, 11:15 #38

k98_man:

I first learned about this by a journalist from Warsaw who is a friend of mine. On his facebook account it showed that name as his highschool and I wondered how the heck an Indian name came to a Polish school in Warsaw. He told me the story which I found online and posted!

So you never met him? That means he is an electronic friend, you know him only from facebook, so he write and not told you. This is not a small difference.

ZedThreads: - Posts: 304 Joined: May 25, 10 ♂	Sep 20, 10, 14:16 #39
Many great thanks to that Indian man! I actually personally know one of those "polish Indians". He's now 80 and lives in the USA. He had some stories to tell, not only from India, but also, soviet gulag, Iran, Africa..... Fascinating stories even if sometimes painful to hear, but also thanks to this maharaja, he survived!

polakzindia

Dec 26, 11, 02:54 #40

Hi,I just found this forum by accident. During WWII in 1944, at age of 9, I was a resident of Polish Refugee camp named
VALIVADE near KOLHAPUR ,INDIA. There resided about 5,000 Polish people, mostly women and children and invalid men.
Younger men were at war fighting Germans in Africa and Italy. All these people were survivors of Soviet gulags in Siberia.
After the war and Indian independence, these people refused to return to communist Poland and created a problem to
UK and India too, so most of them were relocated to camp KOJA near Kampala, Uganda in East Africa. Our 5 year stay
in India was pleasant, people were kind and simpatized with our status and we were most gratefull We had our own schools
church, trade shops, and hospital. Life in Africa was not as good as in India. In early 1950s most of the people were
dispersed all over the world, Australia, Canada, USA, Central and South America. I was fortunate to come to USA, and
had honor and privilege to serve in the US military with service in Korea and during Vietnam conflict as flying officer. I am
76yo, retired and have fond memories of my youthfull life in India.

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