Topografia memoriei exilului polon. Babadag, 1939-1940
The topography of the Polish exile memory. Babadag, 1939-1940

Summary/Abstract: On September 23, 1939, the Polish, civil and military refugees were established in Oltenia, Muntenia and Dobrogea by the decision of the Romanian central administration. Civilian refugees were settled in Buzău, Târgovişte, Ploieşti, Pucioasa, Râmnicu Sarat, Constanţa, Giurgiu, Turnu Magurele, Craiova, Târgu Jiu, Turnu Severin, Râmnicu Valcea, Călimăneşti, Slatina, Dragăşani, Curtea de Argeş, Strehaia and Orşova. The military refugees were placed in camps created in Piteşti, Câmpulung Muscel, Slatina, Caracal, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Calafat (for ordinary soldiers), Băile Herculane (for generals), Călimăneşti (for senior officers) and Costeşti, Drăgăşani and Corabia (petty officers). The majority of the former dignitaries (ministers, state secretaries, senior officials, along with their families) were given home in the villas of Govora and Olăneşti. The most unfavorable conditions were given to military refugees stationed in the uncomfortable villages and fairs in Dobrudja. The officers were distributed, most often in the homes of the locals, in Tulcea and Babadag, while the soldiers were garrisoned in the villages of Topolog, Ciucurova, Slava Rusă, Slava Cercheza, Casimcea, Sarighiol, Atmagea (Tulcea county) and Râmnicu de Jos (Constanta county).„Wiarus na Obczyźnie“ appeared in Tulcea on 28 September 1939 and was one of the first publications of the Polish military resistance in exile. The first three numbers were published there, then from number 4 to 16, it appeared at Băile Herculane and later, in 1940, was transferred to Târgovişte until the departure of Major Otton Laskowski to Great Britain.

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