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Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina
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Polish boy Wozab survives two years in a Siberian concentration camp (1940-1942), publicly defies Stalin, endures anti-religion indoctrination, family relocates to America via Iran after handover to British, father joins free Polish army; Wozab speaks six languages, joins US Marines in 1951, finds training easy compared to camp.
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two weeks. But he lived to tell the
tale which makes him one of the
few young persons who have pub-
licly degraded the name of Stalin
in his own domain.
One of the most vivid memories
Wozab has of the concentration
camp is the organized campaign
against religion. He recalls that
his Russian teacher countless hun-
dreds of times told them, there
is no such thing as God. You
shouldn't believe in things you
can't see.
Wozab and his family were in
the Siberian camp two years from
1940 to 1942. At that time the 80
odd inmates of the camp were
turned over to the British in Iran.
Wozab's father then joined the free
Polish army and the rest of the
family sailed for America. The
father rejoined the family in Bal-
timore after the war.
Like many other war refugee
children, Wozab had very little for-
mal education. Despite this, he
speaks six languages-Polish, Eng-
lish, Spanish, Czechoslovakian
and Russian.
Wozab entered the Marines on
Nov. 9, 1951. While all his buddies
at Parris Island complained about
the rugged Marine recruit train-
ing, he had this to say, "Parris Is-
land is like heaven compared to
the concentration camp."
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Siberian Camp; Iran; Baltimore; Parris Island
Event Date
From 1940 To 1942; Nov. 9, 1951
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Wozab, a Polish boy, survives two years in a Siberian concentration camp, publicly defies Stalin, faces anti-religion campaign; family transferred to British in Iran, father joins free Polish army, family sails to America, reunites in Baltimore; multilingual despite limited education, joins US Marines and finds training mild compared to camp.