Refugees

Room 7d.  Polish refugees in Mexico (1943-47)

Maria

Delegate from the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of the Polish Govt in Exile in London

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Facts

The 1,500 refugees in Mexico were in temporary camps, bound for Africa, when Mexico volunteered to have Polish refugees.  From Bombay the American ship “Hermitage”, in two shipments, took the refugees to…