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Marandellas (Morondera) cemetary
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Halina Szulakowska
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHi,
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Following on from Bert Bakker's email about the
cemetary at Tengeru, I just wanted to mention another Polish site at
Marandellas.
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My mother's family were based here, although Mama
attended the girl's boarding school at Digglefold. It was in Marandellas that my
Dziadek, Piotr Brodalka, died in 1945. He is buried in the cemetary that was
close to the camp.
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Until recently (about 2 years ago) we weren't
quite?sure about what had happened to this graveyard. We were prompted to
investigate when my cousin and her husband travelled to Zimbabwe to find
the?old camp, and reported back to us that the place had been replaced by a
new housing devlopemnt. This, as you can imagine, upset my mother greatly. So I
rang the embassy of Zimbabwe in London several times to ask for information, but
drew a blank - they really weren't interested in helping.
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It was then that somebody suggested we write to the
Misja Katolicka in London to see if they could help us. Through them, we were
given the name and address of a Polish missionary based not far from Morondera.
We sent him a letter. A few weeks later, back came a reply that he had travelled
to Morondera and managed to locate the Polish cemetary. He said it was very
overgrown and that some of the stone crosses had been broken. But, he also
promised us that he would clean the graveyard - this he did with help from
people in his parish.
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We now have photos of my grandfather's
grave.
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My mother still writes to the priest and we send
him donations to help with the unkeep of the cemetary.
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I also mention this now, because All Soul's Day
is?approaching and many Poles will be visiting their family's graves. We
will be in Rugby where my Babcia and Tata are buried. But, it will also be good
to know that the Polish graves in Morondera will also be blessed again this
year.
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Pozdrowienia,
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Halina |
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Hi there,
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I am surprised to hear that the school has turned into a housing project, my son attended the boarding school from Grade 3, he was very happy there and only the other evening we were talking about this, because in the headmaster's office, there was a tapestry hanging that was done by the Polish ladies at the farm at that time, maybe you can ask Polish Missionary to make enquiries to see what has happened to this tapestry. It would be an absolute shame if it has been destroyed. I will see if I can locate the previous headmaster who as far as I know is in New Zealand and see if he can shed some light on this item. It should by all rights be returned to the Polish Community. My mother was in the Refugee Camp in Rusape.
Please let me know how you get on with this enquiry.
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Regards,
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Anna
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Halina Szulakowska
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHi Anna,
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At the moment I already have another enquiry going
through the Misja Katolicka (my third) and so don't feel?that I can pester
them anymore. But their address is on the K-S-group website if you want to
follow this enquiry yourself. However, I would assume that the tapestry - if it
hung in the headmaster's room - would have gone with the headmaster.
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To be honest, I don't know exactly what has
happened to the rest of the camp. I should have explained more clearly about my
cousin's trip - she and her husband actually went to completely the wrong
location. Hence them finding no trace of the cemetary either. If we'd gone along
with what they had told us, then we would never have discovered that my
grandfather's grave still exists.
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Pozdrowienia,
Halina
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