deportee
Topics addressed:
Second mass deportation (1940), northern Kazakhstan; illnesses during deportation; barter trade; evacuation from the Soviet Union to Iran (1942); arrival at the Pahiatua camp in New Zealand (1944); relations with New Zealand society; contact with family in Poland; medical studies; career first steps as an orthopedist; starting a family; involvement in the Polish community and the community of former deportees to Siberia in New Zealand.
Date and place of recording: Timaru (New Zealand) / 2.11.2023
A report in Polish recorded by Tomasza Danileckiego
The project “Bolesław Augustis and the Siberian Deportees from New Zealand: Research and Digitization of Selected Archives” was co-financed by the National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad “Polonika” and the City of Białystok. The project was carried out by the Widok Association for Cultural Education, in partnership with the Sybir Memorial Museum and Polish diaspora organizations in New Zealand.
