6 min

Interview with Marion Camrass Gathering the Voices

    • History

Marion was born into a wealthy family in Krakow. Aged only 7, together with her family she fled the fighting east into Russia, where they were interned as Poles and sent to a logging camp in Siberia. After they were released from there, they travelled through Kazakhstan and ended up in Uzbekistan for the rest of the war.

In 1946, she joined her aunt in Glasgow, where she completed her education and married a doctor.

Listen to Marion’s incredible journey through Central Asia , finally reaching safety in Scotland.

Marion was born into a wealthy family in Krakow. Aged only 7, together with her family she fled the fighting east into Russia, where they were interned as Poles and sent to a logging camp in Siberia. After they were released from there, they travelled through Kazakhstan and ended up in Uzbekistan for the rest of the war.

In 1946, she joined her aunt in Glasgow, where she completed her education and married a doctor.

Listen to Marion’s incredible journey through Central Asia , finally reaching safety in Scotland.

6 min

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