https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/exhibit/FQKCQq9LDKemIg
In autumn of 1939, Poland
was invaded by Nazi Germany and shortly thereafter, by the Soviet Union. In
December 1939, the Soviet Union exiled Polish individuals deemed,
"politically unreliable elements," to deportation centers in the
Soviet Union. There, those individuals faced brutal conditions and violence.
Some were murdered in the 1940 Katyn Massacre, while many others died of
starvation in the gulags. In 1941 and 1942, Wladyslaw Anders, who headed the
Polish Armed Forces of the East (known as "Anders' Army"), evacuated
thousands of Polish refugees to Iran. These evacuees included soldiers that
Anders had recruited from deportation centers as well as civilians. Between
1942 and 1945, many of these refugees traveled from Iran to India, where they
resettled. The Polish consulate in Mumbai (modern-day Bombay), with support and
leadership from Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji, also resettled hundreds of
orphaned children refugees in Balachadi. This Google Arts and Culture page from
the Polish History Museum is dedicated to the experiences of Polish refugees in
India. Through photographs, maps, and documents, this powerful online exhibit
illuminates an important and often overlooked chapter of history.
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