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Aleksander Bogdan (Primary Source)
Mr. Aleksander Bogdan was born in Poland and was deported to Siberia in 1941 where he spent several months in the gulags. Released with thousands of other Polish prisoners, he joined the Polish forces in Russia in March 1942, coming under British command in August that same year when the new Polish Army Corps crossed the Russo-Persian border. He served in the Middle East in 1942 and 1943, then in Italy from March 1944 to March 1945 where he saw action at Monte Cassino and Ancona with the 11th Signals Battalion, Polish II Corps. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.