[nuconvert]

[Malesherbes]

Thanks for posting. This is another of those tragedies during the war that is lost in a sea of tragedies. It is well that the Poles remember.

[SolidWood]

With an keen interest in Iran during WW2 I thank you so much for bringing this little known but dramatic chapter up. Not only the Polish children deported by the Soviet should be mentioned, but also the Polish Army of General Anders wich was raised up in Iran and fought so bravely.

The Polish officers and soldiers were well liked by their Iranian counterparts who sympathized with their fate (both countries having been invaded by the Soviets). Unlike the British and Soviets the Poles saluted Iranian officers of higher rank.

Beside the Polish refugees also several thousand Jewish children from Poland were transited through Iran to Palestine.

[forkinsocket]

Some of these Polish refugees were also received in Beirut via Teheran.

[wardaddy]

I never knew of this.

Poignant.

I wondered what a Persian town know for it’s master workshop densely knotted rugs would have to do with Polish kids.

[sharkhawk]

My Dad’s family was part of the exodus. Dad and two brothers ended up in Afican orphanages, Grandma and two of his sisters ended up in Mexico, Granddad and the older boys ended in UK where they joined in the attack on D-Day.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank you for posting this information. I have never heard of this before.

[Clemenza]

I always knew there was a reason why I felt so kindly towards Persians I have met.

The only peoples from that part of the world who settled in Poland were the Tatars hundreds of years ago. Poland had Muslim immigrants long before most other European countries. Many of them assimilated after three generations, so most Polish Muslims these days are converts.