Danuta's Story

A page from Danuta's diary, drawn by her friend with pencils brought from Poland

Instead of starting grammar school in 1939, little Danuta Maczka began the long, tortuous journey of a refugee when the Soviets invaded her native Poland from the east. This journey took her from Siberia, through Uzbekistan to Iran and Palestine to Italy and finally to London, where she settled and raised a family: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19586595