Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Over seven hundred Polish children came to New Zealand at the invitation of the Prime Minister in 1944. They were housed in a camp in Pahiatua.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Pahiatua
Date: November 2, 2019
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Cupra Marittima, Italy
Date: September 1945
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Cupra Marittima, Italy
Date: September 1945
This miniature monument was created to honour New Zealand and Polish soldiers who fell in the fight for common ideals in World War Two. It is made of aluminium and wood in an art deco style. The plate is inscribed, "For our freedom and yours, Tobr...
Creator: Polish soldier
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1946?
The Annual meeting, held during WWII, included a talk by Countess Maria Wodzicka, on Poland. Countess Wodzicka was the wife of the Polish consul general to New Zealand during the years of the second world war.
Creator: United Guild
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1940s
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
The Governor General of New Zealand, Sir Bernard Freyberg with Mr A E Mansford, Mayor of Palmerston North, at the opening of an exhibition of art works gifted to New Zealand. The gifts were sent to the Polish Army League, based in Palmerston North...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: September 19, 1946
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
Some Polish soldiers with a display of the gifts to be sent to New Zealand. The art works displayed are of the painter Krzewinski (seated in the middle), with the painter Bednarski on his left and the cartoonist Kuczynski to his right. The gifts w...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
Image of Brigadier Gentry deputising for General Freyberg in the Italian meeting with the Poles, during World War Two. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North, developed a relationship with Polish soldiers through befriending the soldi...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: 1945?
This brass friendship bracelet is a model of a friendship ring, and created as a symbol of Polish - New Zealand friendship. The inside of the bracelet is inscribed, "To everlasting friendship New Zealand 1941". It also has a silver metal plaque in...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Poland
Date: 1946?
This letter weight, made of aluminium, bears a stylized Polish eagle and the Polish and New Zealand national flags. The slab base is inscribed, "To my New Zealand friend from a Polish soldier, Italy, 1945", and on the other side "Captain E Lachwsk...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Poland
Date: 1946?
the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Peter Fraser with two of the children, dressed in national costume, at the Polish Children's Camp in Pahiatua. Seven hundred Polish children came to New Zealand at the invitation of the Prime Minister in 1944, du...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Pahiatua
Date: 1944?
Polish soldiers viewing the exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude fo...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
This miniature mountain hut, carved by Corporal Walczak, was presented to Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand by the delegation of Polish Children Camp, Pahiatua. The mountain hut was a symbol of the longed for Polish thatched cottages. Un...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Poland
Date: 1946?
Letter from the Tadeusz Zażuliński, Minister of Poland, stationed at the Legation de Pologne in Cairo, Egypt, to Mrs Ann Jacques of the Polish Army League. The letter thanks the Polish Army League for gift parcels. The Polish Army League, founded ...
Creator: Tadeusz Zażuliński, Minister of Poland
Place: Egypt
Date: April 27, 1942
A paperweight, with Monte Cassino in relief in white metal, and a canon shell. On the paperweight is inscribed " 1940 to 1945", "Monte Cassino 1944" and "Workshop Platoon". The base also has a plaque, "For our friends in New Zealand from Work Shop...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: 1946?
A sentry of the 3rd Carpathian Division with a view over the destroyed monastry of Monte Cassino. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North, developed a relationship with Polish soldiers through befriending the soldiers. They corresponde...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: 1945?
Letter (aerogramme) from Captain Kubaczka Adam of the 3rd Carpathian Division Social Welfare Department of the Polish Army, to the Polish Army League, thanking them for the friendship shown to Polish soldiers, and his wish that this may continue o...
Creator: Captain Kubaczka Adam
Place: Unknown
Date: 1946?
Exhibition of gifts to be sent to New Zealand, as displayed at Cupra Marittima, italy, during World War Two. The gifts were made by Polish soldiers to give to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of...
Creator: Polish soldiers
Place: Italy
Date: September 1945
Image of inscription on Polish memorial at Monte Cassino, Italy. Reads, " For our Freedom and yours we soldiers of Poland gave our soul to God, our life to the soil of Italy, our Hearts to Poland". The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston Nor...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Italy
Date: 1945?
This cross was made inside a bottle, with the words, "Poland's Trust is in God". It is one of the gifts made by Polish soldiers to send to New Zealand as an expression of their heartfelt gratitude for New Zealand's treatment of the Polish children...
Creator: Polish soldier
Place: Italy
Date: 1946?
Letter from the No. 1 Polish General Hospital, to the Polish Army League, thanking them for parcels sent. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels to Polish soldiers who served with the allies...
Creator: D.C. No.1 Polish General Hospital
Place: Unknown
Date: March 21, 1944
Letter from the Polish Embassy in London, to the Polish Army League, thanking them for parcels sent to Polish seamen. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels to Polish soldiers who served wit...
Creator: Naval Attache, Polish Embassy
Place: London
Date: July 17, 1943
Letter from Major-General S. Kopanski to the Polish Army League, thanking them for parcels received, including from the Kiwitea Patriotic League.
The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels to P...
Creator: Major-General S. Kopanski
Place:
Date: May 20, 1943
Letter from the Major General S. Kopanski of the Polish Forces in Persia and Irak (sic), to Mrs Ann Jacques of the Polish Army League. The letter lists the numbers of parcels received and thanks the Polish Army League for gift parcels. The Polish ...
Creator: Major General S. Kopanski, Polish Forces
Place: Unknown
Date: December 23, 1942
Letter from the Major General S. Kopanski of the Polish Forces in Persia and Iraq, to the Polish Army League. The letter thanks them for parcels from Massey Agricultural College students, Eastbourne and the Ladies Kiwitea Guild, that were sent to ...
Creator: Major General Kopanski of the Polish Forces
Place: Middle East
Date: February 20, 1943
The Governor General of New Zealand, Sir Bernard Freyberg talking with the Polish Consul and Mrs Ann Jacques of the Polish Army League, at the opening of an exhibition of art works gifted to New Zealand. The gifts were sent to the Polish Army Leag...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: September 19, 1946
The Governor General of New Zealand, Sir Bernard Freyberg talking with Mrs E J Wilder, Treasurer of the Polish Army League, at the opening of an exhibition of art works gifted to New Zealand. The gifts were sent to the Polish Army League, based in...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: September 19, 1946