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Untold Stories - World War 2 Displaced persons who settled in Palmerston North - Part 1: Belarus

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Description: This documentary accompanied an exhibition of the same name held at Square Edge in June 2024.

The Untold Stories Project's desire for the future of this project is to inspire and help other descendants of Displaced Persons to research and write their stories before the stories are lost forever. They hope that this film, the Untold Stories book and the exhibition, will encourage you to start and will give you some ideas and guidance for your family research journey.

Acknowledgements:
This documentary film is kindly funded by Palmerston North City Council Natural and Cultural Incentive Fund: Promoting Palmy History and the Earle Creativity and Development Trust. The project is supported by Square Edge Community Arts Centre, Freedom Plus, Nick Watson, the Pahīatua Museum and the Heritage Department of the Palmerston North City Library. We are indebted to Warwick Smith who took on this film project as videographer and editor and from the beginning encouraged us to fully explore this historical period through film. The theme music is a Latvian folk composition loved by Talivaldis Ozolins and sent as sheet music to his mother Lucija Ozolins (Latvia) in a 1960s letter. It is played by Susan McConachy piano, Chris Dann piano and Rebekah Greig piano accordion Untold Stories team 2024: Dr Tania Kopytko, Mychelle Mihailof, Bruno Petrenas, Susie Tsaclis and Mary Zambazos We wish to acknowledge the generosity of many community members from across New Zealand who have come forward with help, information and resources that enabled us to create this.