Generation to Generations

May 19, 2025

The story of A Little Poland in India continues…Polish
grandchildren visit India to see their grandparent’s childhood
home in Balachadi and Valivade

Indian homecoming for Polish grandchildren

Polish youth revisit the wartime sanctuary of their grandparents who were sheltered during World War II by the Maharaja of Nawanagar
Anu Radha with Polish survivors of Balachadi in Warsaw | Photo Credit: Aakaar Films

It didn’t come as a surprise earlier this year in March when Kieran Kyle Culkin walked away with the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Real Pain. In the comedy-drama, Culkin sets off on a journey through Poland with his mismatched cousin (played by Jesse Adam Eisenberg) to honour their Jewish grandmother, a holocaust survivor.

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Twenty grandchildren visit Balachadi and Valivade, childhood home of their grandparents who lived there from 1942-48

Arek and Kasia, the grandchildren of Wieslaw Stypula, one of the protagonists in the film A Little Poland in India.

 

 
 
Know more

https://culture.pl/en/article/how-world-war-ii-brought-india-poland-together-an-interview-with-filmmaker-anu-radha

https://www.thebetterindia.com/131681/polish-children-camp-balachadi-gujarat-world-war-2/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-the-indian-oskar-schindler-took-in-1000-polish-children-during-wwii/

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