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KIDUGALA    (Part 1 of 2)

Polish Settlement in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) from 1942 to 1948 

KIDUGALA Polish Refugee Camp

Descriptive information about the camp

Stanislawa (Stasia) Siomkajlo in Kidugala

Aniela SIOMKAJLO in Kidugala, 1943

Julia Siomkajlo - Kidugala 1943

Stasia Siomkajlo ((1st on the left) with her classmates and teacher - grade IVa in Kiduga

Bridge linking the two parts of the settlement

Approaching the settlement

Pathway in Kidugala

Administrative buildings in Kidugala

Residential units in Kidugala

Main road in Kidugala

Reservoir serving the settlement

Cooperative

Community Hall

Church in Kidugala

High School in Kidugala

Community Hall

Residential units

Residential Units, 1945

Residential units

Teachers' housing in Kidugala

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Commandant Fischer (on the left) and Polish Superintendent Kazimierz Chodzikiewicz

Grade School in Kidugala

Girl Guides in Kidugala, 1943

Christmas 1943

Christmas 1943

Christmas 1943 - gifts for the children

Christmas in Kidugala

Christmas in Kidugala

Christmas in Kidugala

Dr. Goldberg

Residential units

Residential units

Administrative office

Presbytery

Residential units

High School students and teachers, 1944

End of school year, 1944

Primary School students and teachers, 1944

Main drive into the settlement

Stasia and friend

Clearing the fields

Kindergarten class - Kidugala

Children in costume preparing to dance

Children in Polish costumes preparing to dance

March 1945 - Children preparing for spring celebrations

Youth in Kidugala, March 1945

Sporting competition

Sporting competition 1944

Sporting competition 1944 (Stasia in the center)

Panorama of the landscape around Kidugala

Panorama of Kidugala

Kidugala panprama

Kidugala panorama

A lioness in the vicinity of the settlement

Primary School

Hospital in Kidugala

Doctor Eckart with nurses of the Kidugala hospital

Employees of the food warehouse

Sewing room and seamstresses

Stasia in front of Commandant's house

Boy Scouts in Kidugala

Scouting Camp in Kidugala

Scouting Camp in Kidugala

Cub Scouts in Kidugala

Residential units

Water tank for the settlement

Building of the hospital

Panoramic view of Kidugala, including the series of round huts that were added.

Bath House in Kidugala

Church in Kidugala

Addition to the church

Members of the administration, the priest, etc.

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