1. they made a camp and called it little Poland2. there was nearly 8 times the amount of kids than parents
3. there is an estimated 1.7 million Poles were deported to labor camps in Siberia following the Soviet occupation of eastern Poland in 1939.
4. It takes 4 hours and 30 minutes to Poland to wellington
5. 1941 prompted Joseph Stalin to send over 120,000 Polish prisoners to Iran.
6. Relatives joined some in the late 1940s and while a small number returned to Poland.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/polish-refugees-land-new-zealand
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