Thanks to both Jan and Susan for their replies. The first page of the letter says what looks like: Krajwska Ludgarda Polish Refugee Camp Walivade Kolhapur India So, it was India. I'm not sure where that leaves us. Maybe when we get a translation it'll all be revealed. Sherry Landa (in Oxford, UK facing OfSTED next week!) > I think the Dutch money would be a clue that the camp was indeed in the > Dutch East Indies, in fact Nederlands Indië or just called Indië. That is > also what Susan is hinting at. I suppose the translation of the letters in > Polish would further explain the situation. >> Was the letter sent from somewhere near Calcutta?  There were refugee >> camps on the Burmese/India border processing the ones who survived the >> Burma Trek. >> >> Otherwise there were many Japanese internment camps, including those in >> the Dutch East Indies. Perhaps she was there rather than India.