Polscy uchodźcy na Bliskim Wschodzie w latach II wojny światowej. Ośrodki, instytucje, organizacje
Polish refugees in the Middle East in World War II. Centers, institutions, organizations

Author(s): Jacek Pietrzak
Subject(s): History, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: polish refugees;Middle East;World War II;emigration;
Summary/Abstract: The Second World War forced a substantial part of the Polish nationals to leave their own country. The migration of the majority of Poles was forcible, resulting from various forms of deportations staged by the German and Soviet occupying forces. The wandering was also experienced by the Polish military, fighting in the ranks of the units being assembled in foreign lands since the beginning of the War, as well as by the POWs and internees in the neutral countries. The Polish nationals were conscripted into both the German and Soviet invadersʼ armies too. Finally, Poland was left by the civilian refugees, mostly comprised of the representatives of the political, social and economic elites and the administrative apparatus of the state, as well as by the refugees of Jewish descent.

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