Polish girl in the Persian mountains

Polish girl in the Persian mountains (today's Iran) in 1942

During World War II, thousands of Poles escaped to Iran after being sent to prisons and labor camps in Siberia by the Soviets in 1939.

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JOSE M LOPEZ

JOSE M LOPEZ

February 28, 2026

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