A high-level delegation from Poland paid a visit to Kolhapur in Maharashtra. The visit was part of a historical visit of few Polish nationals who were residing at Valivade Camp in the aftermath of World War II.
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Valivade village (in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra), was once home to 10,000 Polish refugees after World War II between 1943-1947.
When Poland was caught between Adolf Hitler’s Germany and Josef Stalin’s Russia during the Second World War, the then Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj had given them shelter where they stayed till 1948.
A permanent museum dedicated to the memory of the 5,000 Polish people who lived in the Valivade camp will come up within a year.
Valivade is one of only two places in India that had Polish refugees — the other being Jamnagar which housed 5,000 Poles.
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