Forgotten people and places: 'Stalin's Poles' in Persia, India and Africa, 1942-50
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2015
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Sendziuk, P.
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History Australia, 2015; 12(2):41-61
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Paul Sendziuk
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Often overlooked in histories of displaced persons (DPs) who came to
Australia after the Second World War are those who suffered Soviet rather
than Nazi aggression, and who found salvation in DP camps outside of
Europe. This article addresses this relative neglect by exploring the fate of
Polish citizens who were deported to the Soviet Union during the war and
spent up to eight years in DP camps in the Middle East, India and Africa
before arriving in Australia. These camps provided a level of security and
physical, psychological, and moral rehabilitation that historians argue was
largely absent from the European DP camps after the war.
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