Pole in Africa on the Young and Youngest Polish Refugees from the USSR in Africa in 1943-45 Cover Image

„Polak w Afryce” o młodych i najmłodszych uchodźcach polskich z ZSRR w Afryce w latach 1943-1945
Pole in Africa on the Young and Youngest Polish Refugees from the USSR in Africa in 1943-45

Author(s): Marek Ney-Krwawicz
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Demography and human biology, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Migration Studies
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Poland; Word War II; Polish refugees from the USSR; Africa;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to present what and in what form the Polish newspaper Polak w Afryce (Pole in Africa) appearing in Africa in 1943-45 published about the young and youngest Polish refugees from the USSR who reached the African continent. These refugees were located in the countries of British East Africa (i.e. Kenya, Tanganyika, and Uganda), in Norther Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia as well as in the Union of South Africa. Almost half of the inhabitants of the Polish settlements were young and the youngest children, often orphans or half-orphans, and due to this fact the Polish paper devoted a lot of space to them.

  • Issue Year: 52/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 25-54
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Polish