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. Jan Bousse, Oostende, Belgium -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:53 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Polish Letters > 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. > > Regards, Susan McPhedran > Currently in South Carolina > > --Forwarded Message Attachment-- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:41:17 +0000 > Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Polish letters > > I need some help, for a friend, regarding some letters in Polish. They > appear to have been sent by a Polish woman who was living in a camp in > India to her son serving in the armed forces, in London. She encloses > some Dutch money. We are not sure if the family were Jewish, why the > woman was in India and what relevance (if any) the Dutch bank notes > have. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Sherry Landa (Oxford, UK) >