Sylwester was 10 years old when he was deported with his parents.  His father later joined the Polish 2nd Corps, while he and his mother spent the rest of the war in Massindi, East Africa.

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Danuta's father was a POW at Twer, where he was executed by the Russians as part of the KATYN massacres.  She was deported with her mother and later ended up in Ifunda and Kidugala camps in East Africa.