Polish refugees in Africa
Witness History20 Loka 2021

Polish refugees in Africa

During World War Two, close to 20,000 Polish people found refuge in Africa. They arrived after surviving imprisonment in Soviet labour camps and a harrowing journey across the Soviet Union to freedom. Casimir Szczepanik arrived as a child in a refugee camp in Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). He talks to Rob Walker about his life there and the impact the war still has on him.

Photo:Casimir Szczepanik and his mother in the refugee camp. Credit:Casimir Szczepanik

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