You are warmly invited to the launch of The Dolls We Left Behind by Eugenia Krajewska, with readings from the book and conversations with the author’s editor and family.

In 1940, Soviet authorities deported more than a million people from eastern Poland, tearing families from their homes and sending them to remote labour camps. Among them was Genia Wenserska, just a child living in the border town of Mołodeczno, whose world was upended overnight.

The Dolls We Left Behind is her remarkable memoir, drawn from vivid memories and diary entries written in exile. It traces her family’s arrest, survival in a Siberian penal colony, and eventual escape with others fleeing to join General Anders’ Army to safety in Persia.

The book is both a personal testament and a historical witness to a period in history which should be better known in the west and is not forgotten by the descendants of the families who survived Stalin’s ruthless policies.

Saturday 25 October 2025, 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Multimedia Room

Please join us for this celebration of Polish wartime history and memory!