Two Stories Exhibition

The Two Stories - the lost history of Poland and Britain. A photographic exhibition telling the story of events that took place in Poland during World War II and how this led to the Polish settlements in the UK. The events described in the exhibition are as terrible as those of the Jewish Holocaust, but are not as well known. The photographs were taken in the last Polish re-settlement camp to remain in the UK at Ilford Park (Stover) and the exhibition was designed by local photographer Susan Young who took some of the last photographs of the camp before it's demolition this year. The poignancy of this event was brought into sharp focus as Poland declared a week of national mourning after the President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 88 other members of the country's military and political elite lost their lives in a plane crash while flying to Russia to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Katyn massacre when 20,000 Poles were slaughtered by the Soviet secret police. At the start of the exhibition, a minute's silence was observed and a Polish priest led the Prayers in memory of those who had lost their lives, not only in the plane crash but also those massacred at Katyn.
http://www.twostoriesexhibition.org.uk/