Polish refugees welcomed by Iran during WW2

A forgotten chapter of World War II
In September 1939, Hitler and Stalin pounced on Poland, dismembering it in one of the bleakest chapters of Polish history. Joseph Stalin had tens of thousands of Poles carted off to his Russian prison camps, but when Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Stalin freed the Poles and said they could join a Polish army being formed by the Allies.

That force was to assemble in Persia, the old name of modern-day Iran
In a matter of weeks, floods of starving, haggard Poles began trudging toward Iran, most to volunteer for the new army. But many among them were women and children who had no place else to go. In all, between 114,000 and 300,000 Poles are thought to have made it to Iran.

Most eventually moved on to other parts of the world. Others stayed in Iran.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Iran
• Poland
• Polish
• refugees
• adolf
• Hitler
• Joseph
• Stalin
• Nazi
• Germany
• History

[jebus0000000]

Man Lahestinyam dige az mardome Irani kheili khosham miyad! Niech zyje Polsko Iranska przyjazn!

[Torcida12Rotterdam]

I didn't learn this in zionist biased history books.

I support Iran forever! Love to Ahmedinejad from Croatia!

[americaisevil1]

this is the thanks iran get in return,