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KIDUGALA    (Part 2 of 2)

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

KIDUGALA Polish Refugee Camp

Descriptive information about the camp

Panorama of the landscape around Kidugala

Panorama of Kidugala

Approaching the settlement

Church in Kidugala

Interior of the church

Father Maciaszek, the pastor, with students of Primary School class VI

Students of High School class II, 1944

Students of High School class I, 1944.

Students of High School class I, with their mathematics professor, 1944.

Guides and Scouts, March 1945. (Stasia Siomkajlo is first on the left)

Management of the settlement, 1944

Employees of the food warehouse (Joanna 3rd from left)

Cooks in Kidugala

A resident of the settlement with some of the indigenous people of the region.

Some of the indigenous people of the area.

A local indigenous person

Local indigenous person

Locals help with building more facilities, 1944

Polish residents helping with building tasks

Supplying water to the water tank

Locals in front of the church, 1945

Residents of Kidugala on a day trip to Iringa

Heading for Mombassa

Heading for Mombassa

Heading for Mombassa

Heading for Mombassa

A field trip from Kidugala

Kidugala Girl Guides on a field trip, April 1943. (Stasia in back of row 3)

Kidugala Girl Guides on a field trip, April 1945

Kidugala Girl Guides visiting a local village

Day trip to Ifunda

Butcher killing some of the pigs that were raised in the settlement

Woman from a local tribe

Local indigenous people

Local indigenous youth

Locals selling their wares at a crossroad

Local woman with children

Locals doing farming chores

Visiting a local market

Local indigenous people

Local woman and child

Baobab tree

Residential units

Kidugala panorama

Kidugala panprama

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

Local landscape

Kidugala Cemetery now

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