Polish refugees in Africa - a podcast by BBC World Service

During World War Two, close to 20,000 Polish people found refuge in Africa. They arrived after surviving imprisonment in Soviet labour camps and a harrowing journey across the Soviet Union to freedom. Casimir Szczepanik arrived as a child in a refugee camp in Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). He talks to Rob Walker about his life there and the impact the war still has on him.Photo:Casimir Szczepanik and his mother in the refugee camp. Credit:Casimir Szczepanik

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