Helena Wypych
(Person)
Also known as: Helena Chwieduk.
Genealogy
Siblings: Józef Wypych
Works by this Author in Our Collection
Mentioned in
- New Zealand's First Refugees: Pahiatua's Polish Children
Image Gallery
.jpg "Boarders at St Dominic's College in Dunedin, 1947. The Polish girls are: — Back: (l-r) Helena Chwieduk (1st), Anna Manterys (5th), Romualda Sokalska (6th), Dioniza Gradzik (7th) Irena Ćwirko-Godycka (8th), Stefania Manterys (12 th) — Front: (l-r) Zofia Rombel (2nd), Krystyna Czoba (3rd)")
.jpg "Cutting the cake at the 40th anniversary of the Polish children's arrival in New Zealand. (l-r) Czesław Witkowski, Krystyna Witkowska, Irena Wierzbicka, Janina Kowalczyk, Helena Wypych, Irena Mroczek, Maria Węgrzyn, Father Stanisław Marut, Mieczysław Lis, Father Bronisław Węgrzyn, Józef Głowacz, Eugeniusz Szadkowski, Tadeusz Reder, Franciszek Wypych")
.jpg "Helena (right) with her brother Józef Wypych (left) and father Józef (middle) in Tehran, Iran, 28 September 1942")
.jpg "The Pahiatua Polish Jubilee Committee on the porch of the Pahiatua Museum, 17 September 1994. The museum features many photos of the Polish community and the scale model of the camp. — Standing: (l-r) Józef Zawada, Helena Wypych (Chwieduk), Dorothy Ropiha, Elaine Perry, Marge Bentley, Jean Eddie, Don Selby, Alistair MacDougall, John Burns — Sitting: (l-r) Eugeniusz Szadkowski, Piotr Przychodźko")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Helena Wypych":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.