Polish refugees land in New Zealand
1 November 1944
Facts:
1. Around 1.7 million Polish were sent to labor camps around the world.
2. There were 733 children and 102 Polish adults that arrived in NZ.
3. Joseph Stalin sent over 120,000 Polish prisoners to Iraq.
4. Our prime minister Peter Fraser invited polish children in for the duration of war.
5. Most of the refugees settled in NZ others joined in the the 1940's.
6. They were forced labor in Siberia and evacuated through the middle east before coming to NZ.
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