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Rescued from Death in Siberia
Adamski, Michael MDA Video Productions.
Availability: http://www.mdavideo.com
Description: Documentary about the little-known human tragedy of World War II, where several of the survivors tell us of their ordeal of
deportation from their homes in Eastern Poland to Siberia and their miraculous deliverance from certain death in the slave
labour camps of Stalin's Soviet Union. Length: 60 min.
Exiles
Ogonowska-Coates, Halina. New Zealand Film Commission.
Availability: www.filmshop.co.nz
Description: Halina's mother, Irene, is
Polish - one of the 734 orphaned
children who come to New Zealand in 1944. She and other
Poles recall their
deportation to the Siberian labour camps, and then their
journey to freedom
in Persia (Iran) before finally arriving in New Zealand.
A compelling story
of courage and survival.
From Archipelago Gulag to America
Starky, Eugene
ELITA Artistic
Part 1 - "On the tenth of February"
Part 2 - "Candies from Stalin"
Part 3 - "Valley of Tears"
Availability:
Description: Polish, with English subtitles.
The epic story about the deportation of nearly two
million Poles to Siberia. Unique footage and documentary
from Siberia complete the dramatic stories of those who
survived the genocide and depicts their exodus from
Russia to America.
For Your Freedom and OUrs
Adamski, Michael MDA Video Productions.
Availability: http://www.mdavideo.com
Description: This documentary edited from archival,historical
footage presents the 50-year struggle of the Polish nation for its
independence, from the time of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia's
invasion of Poland in 1939 and the great dedication of the Polish
Goverment and the Polish Army in Exile for the Allied cause in WW2,
to the times of Solidarity and the regaining of freedom for Poland
in 1989. Length: 90 min.
The Betrayal of Poland
Adamski, Michael MDA Video Productions.
Availability: http://www.mdavideo.com
Description: The Second World War started in 1939 in defence of Poland. Poland's valiant stand against the onslaught of Nazi-Germany became the American President Roosevelt's war cry: "Poland the inspiration of the nations". However, five years later, the British Government's guaranties of Polish independence and Poland's heroic contributions and gigantic sacrifices in that war for the Allies were conveniently forgotten. In the Big Three conferences in Teheran and Yalta, the steadfast ally, without much concern, was handed over by Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Churchill to the control of the communist tyrant Stalin. Length: 60 min.
Tales of the Persian Corridor,
Burgener, Robert D
International
Connections.
Availability: www.iranian.com
Description:Documentary about American servicemen, Soviet
officers and civilians who played a crucial role in
supplying the USSR with badly needed military equipment
during World War II.
A Forgotten Odyssey
Wright, Jagna & Naszynska, Aneta - Lest We
Forget Productions.
Availability:
www.aforgottenodyssey.com/buyvideo.html
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Lipca o Swicie w Lwowie
Availablity: Polart
Description: Extermination of twenty-two faculty staff of
Lvov Univerity by the Germans on July 4, 1941. Interviews
with surviving family members. 1988 Color, 60 min. in
Polish (no English subtitles).
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