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2003
Christina Milaszkiewicz's story | |
|  | Christina Milaszkiewicz by the ruins of what was the communal washroom at the Blackshaw Moor Camp.
Christina Milaszkiewicz stojoca przy ruinach tego co bylo kiedys miejska pralnia w obozie Blackshaw Moor Camp. |
| | Christina Milaszkiewicz comes from an old Polish family - and she's living in North Staffordshire.
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| | Christina Milaszkiewicz
Christina was born in England - at the Blackshaw Moor resettlement camp for the Polish near Leek.
Her parents had to flee Poland after the Russians invaded. They were both captured, and her father and mother were sent to separate labour camps.
When they were finally released, Christina's father took five years to find his wife and family. her mother had travelled through Europe and was eventually found at a Red Cross camp in South Africa.
Once the family were reunited, they were housed in huts at the former Blackshaw Moor Army Camp. It was a close community, but accommodation was basic.
Families had to share huts, toilets and washrooms.
 It was basic, we were poor, but we were happy.
Christina Milaszkiewicz | |
Her father never made it back to Poland before he died, and her mother, who is 90, still lives at Blackshaw Moor.
 | Christina Milaszkiewicz remembers life living in a hut just like this one - two families had to share this building on the Blackshaw Moor resettlement camp.
Christina Milaszkiewicz pamieta czasy zamieszkujac jeden z barakow jaki widzimi na zdjeciu- dwie rodziny musialy zamieszkiwac budynek obozu dla osadnikow Blackshaw Moor. |
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