Hi Barbara
My father who was born in the US had general knowledge about the
plight of Poland the war. But I do remember him
mentioning that the quota was tiny for Polish people. If we had
a larger quota I am sure more Poles would have come here.
When my fathers grandparents came here in 1886 and 1891 there was
an open door policy. That ended in 1924.
--- In Kresy-Siberia@..., b.davoust@f... wrote:
Some
chose to return to Poland after the war, don't forget.
Eve Jesionka Jankowicz
USA
>
Yes, some chose to return, but there was also a lot of pressure
from the British telling people to
"go back and rebuild your country". I remember my mother telling
me this. This
went on for a while, since she said that one of the British
officers who was teaching
them English (perhaps in Palestine? I would have to check) had been
to Poland after
the war and told her and others what awful conditions there were
and that the new
Polish government was not favourable to those who had left the
country.
Barbara Davoust
Toulouse, France
