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*"Polish Refugees in India During and After the Second World War" by Anuradha Bhattacharjee  ''The Sarmatian Review'' April 2013 pages 1743-1756 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruf.rice.edu%2F~sarmatia%2F413%2F413_Bhattacharjee.pdf html version] [http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/413/413_Bhattacharjee.pdf  pdf]. Retrieved 12 October 2014.  The author has written a Ph D thesis ''Polish Refugees in India 1942-48'' University of Pune, 2006.
 
*"Polish Refugees in India During and After the Second World War" by Anuradha Bhattacharjee  ''The Sarmatian Review'' April 2013 pages 1743-1756 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruf.rice.edu%2F~sarmatia%2F413%2F413_Bhattacharjee.pdf html version] [http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/413/413_Bhattacharjee.pdf  pdf]. Retrieved 12 October 2014.  The author has written a Ph D thesis ''Polish Refugees in India 1942-48'' University of Pune, 2006.
 
*[http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/START.HTM ''An unforgettable journey''] by Maria van der Linden (1992) (online) The story of a child Polish refugee who spent five years in India from December 1942-1947. She spent a period in the main Polish Refugees' Camp at Valivade-Kolhapur. For a period she attended Kimmins Girls' High School, an Anglican missionary college , at Panchgani inland from Poona where her mother was the school nurse.
 
*[http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/START.HTM ''An unforgettable journey''] by Maria van der Linden (1992) (online) The story of a child Polish refugee who spent five years in India from December 1942-1947. She spent a period in the main Polish Refugees' Camp at Valivade-Kolhapur. For a period she attended Kimmins Girls' High School, an Anglican missionary college , at Panchgani inland from Poona where her mother was the school nurse.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060910040724/http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/refugee/langfitt/index.htm ''The General Langfitt Story: Polish Refugees Recount Their Experiences of Exile, Dispersal and Resettlement''] by Maryon Allbrook and Helen Cattalini 1995. Australian Government publication, now archived.
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:In 1950 a group of displaced persons arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia, from refugee camps in East Africa aboard a United States Army transport carrier the USAT General W. C. Langfitt. They became known as the 'General Langfitt Group'. Many had spent years in India, prior to going to East Africa.
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:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060911110600/http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/refugee/langfitt/langfitt24.htm "The Polish Settlements in India"], part of "Chapter 5 - Dispersal"
 
*Article [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Polish-love-story-in-Gujarat/articleshow/1998698.cms The Times Of India 17 September 2006] about the camp for Polish refugee children at Balachadi
 
*Article [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Polish-love-story-in-Gujarat/articleshow/1998698.cms The Times Of India 17 September 2006] about the camp for Polish refugee children at Balachadi
 
*[http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/06/27/3099346/seeking-kin-a-maharajah-comes-to-the-rescue  Seeking Kin: A maharajah comes to the rescue] by Hillel Kuttler  June 27, 2012. www.jta.org . There were some Jewish children among the refugees.  
 
*[http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/06/27/3099346/seeking-kin-a-maharajah-comes-to-the-rescue  Seeking Kin: A maharajah comes to the rescue] by Hillel Kuttler  June 27, 2012. www.jta.org . There were some Jewish children among the refugees.  
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*[http://dawn.com/2013/02/22/the-graveyard-of-tolerance "The graveyard of tolerance"] by Rafia Zakaria  22nd February, 2013  Dawn.com blog. The Polish Refugees in Karachi
 
*[http://dawn.com/2013/02/22/the-graveyard-of-tolerance "The graveyard of tolerance"] by Rafia Zakaria  22nd February, 2013  Dawn.com blog. The Polish Refugees in Karachi
 
*[http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/106265,Film-to-chronicle-Polish-WWII-refugees-in-India Film to chronicle Polish WWII refugees in India] 18 July 2012 ‘News from Poland’
 
*[http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/106265,Film-to-chronicle-Polish-WWII-refugees-in-India Film to chronicle Polish WWII refugees in India] 18 July 2012 ‘News from Poland’
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*Prior to arrival in India
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**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_of_Polish_civilians_from_the_USSR_in_World_War_II Evacuation of Polish civilians from the USSR in World War II] Wikipedia.
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**[http://www.eurasianet.org/node/79056 "Uzbekistan: The Forgotten Polish Divisions of Central Asia"] eurasianet.org
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**[https://www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/Polish-Refugees-in-Iran-During-World-War-II.pdf "Polish Refugees In Iran During World War II"] ushmm.org
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**[https://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/polsirn.htm "Forgotten Polish Exodus to Persia"] by  Anwar Faruqi  November 23, 2000 library.cornell.edu
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**[http://www.parstimes.com/history/polish_refugees/exodus_russia.html "Iran and the Polish Exodus from Russia 1942"] parstimes.com
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**[http://kresy-siberia.com/books-films.html Kresy Siberia Reference Centre: Books & Films]
  
 
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The Polish Children’s Camp was at Balachadi, near Jamnagar on the Kathiawar Peninsula, Bombay Presidency. The Polish Refugees’ Camp was at Valivade in Kolhapur State, Bombay Presidency

Records at the British Library

External links

  • "Polish Refugees in India During and After the Second World War" by Anuradha Bhattacharjee The Sarmatian Review April 2013 pages 1743-1756 html version pdf. Retrieved 12 October 2014. The author has written a Ph D thesis Polish Refugees in India 1942-48 University of Pune, 2006.
  • An unforgettable journey by Maria van der Linden (1992) (online) The story of a child Polish refugee who spent five years in India from December 1942-1947. She spent a period in the main Polish Refugees' Camp at Valivade-Kolhapur. For a period she attended Kimmins Girls' High School, an Anglican missionary college , at Panchgani inland from Poona where her mother was the school nurse.
  • The General Langfitt Story: Polish Refugees Recount Their Experiences of Exile, Dispersal and Resettlement by Maryon Allbrook and Helen Cattalini 1995. Australian Government publication, now archived.
In 1950 a group of displaced persons arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia, from refugee camps in East Africa aboard a United States Army transport carrier the USAT General W. C. Langfitt. They became known as the 'General Langfitt Group'. Many had spent years in India, prior to going to East Africa.

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