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29 Jan 2008
History / Sat Okh, the Canadian Indian who fought in the Polish resistance. History India / Poland. [5]

I've been looking for his biography in German -"Die wege treffen sich" - The Paths Meet - wihtout much luck, since the East German publisher no longer exists. I do have a German copy of the Secret of Old Sagamora.

Related: History between India and Poland

Any historical moment between India and Poland i need intersecting and valuable moments?

I don't have time to translate now, but this article talks about thousands of Polish refugees who found safety in India during WWII.

It turns out that the cemetery in Kolhapurze is one of the largest Polish cemeteries in India. Hides the remains of women and children released from the Soviet labor camps under the Sikorski - Maisky 1941 . Departed for their husbands and fathers acceding to the Anders Army . Thousands of Polish orphans and single mothers were on the maintenance of the army , most wandered the turmoil of war -stricken Russia. With the help of the Polish consul in Bombay BanasiƄski Eugene and his wife Kira have been evacuated from the " hell of Stalin " .

In India, thousands of Poles found shelter in refugee camps - in Balachadi in the state of Gujarat , Bandra in suburban Mumbai, Karachi and Malirze (now in Pakistan ) . In Valivade in Kolhapur , creating the biggest Polish settlement . Lived here around five thousand women and children. Initially makeshift camp residents Valivade gradually changed in a small town : the barracks have replaced the picturesque bungalows surrounded by banana trees and flowers. He was a Polish barber , a shoemaker , a post office and even a small cinema . Worked three kindergartens, four primary and four secondary, hospitals . Some staff of the camp she met Polish , many Poles spoke fluently in the local language Marathi.