THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1942-1943 - One of the girls, Aniela Opalińska from Lwów. In Poland she was a Girl Guide and still wears the belt and carries on the same work camp. The Women's Auxiliary Service of the Polish Army in the Middle East was composed of women and girls who were imprisoned in the Soviet Gulag after the German-Soviet Invasion of Poland and were released after signing of the Sikorski -Mayski Agreement in 1941. Practically all of them have tragic stories to tell of privation and suffering. Many of them have lost touch with their families. The tragic side of their li
THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1942-1943 - One of the girls, Aniela Opalińska from Lwów. In Poland she was a Girl Guide and still wears the belt and carries on the same work camp. The Women's Auxiliary Service of the Polish Army in the Middle East was composed of women and girls who were imprisoned in the Soviet Gulag after the German-Soviet Invasion of Poland and were released after signing of the Sikorski -Mayski Agreement in 1941. Practically all of them have tragic stories to tell of privation and suffering. Many of them have lost touch with their families. The tragic side of their lifes is not in evidence at the camp shown in the following once more to help the Allied struggle against Nazism they go about their work with gusto and break into song at the slighest provocation off parade. Some of them were fortunate enough to be able to bring their families with were very likely taken in the Polish Women's Auxiliary Service training camp at Rehovoth, Palestine Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Army in the Middle East, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Corps, II, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Women's Auxiliary Service, Opalińska, Aniela
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