Wojtek the Bear [paperback]

by Orr, Aileen;

  NKVD (Soviet secret police) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Normandy landings and fighting in ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Norway

  inconclusive campaign in (1940) ref 1

  invasion threat on fall of ref 1

  resistance forces of ref 1

  Norwid, Kamil ref 1

  Nowa Szkocja (Nova Scotia) ref 1

  Nowak, Jan (Jeziorañski) ref 1

  O’Brien, Cardinal Keith ref 1

  Operation Barbarossa ref 1

  Orr, Aileen ref 1, ref 2

  animals in warfare, roles of ref 1

  fascination with Wojtek’s story ref 1

  first sight of Wojtek ref 1

  legacy for Wojtek, journey into the future and ref 1

  personal odyssey for ref 1

  wild creatures, experiences with ref 1

  Orr, Alexander ref 1

  Orr, Andrew ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Orr, Janie ref 1

  Ostaszków prison camp ref 1, ref 2

  Pahlevi, port of ref 1

  Palestine ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Paolozzi, Eduardo ref 1

  Paxton, Berwickshire ref 1, ref 2

  Paxton House ref 1

  Peebles ref 1

  penguins at Edinburgh Zoo ref 1

  Persia (Iran) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  pigeons in war ref 1, ref 2

  Pilsudski, Joózef ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Poland

  balance between Nazis and Soviets, principle of ref 1

  blitzkrieg against ref 1

  Committee of National Liberation ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  concentration camp deaths in ref 1

  Constitution of Third May (1791) ref 1

  Counter-Reformation in ref 1

  current relationship with Scotland, Wojtek Trust as enhancement for ref 1, ref 2

  deportations for forced labour from ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  destroyer flotilla joining Royal Navy ref 1

  drama of wartime journeys of people of ref 1

  enlightenment in ref 1

  executions by Nazis in ref 1

  General Government of Nazis in ref 1

  Great Emigration to Paris from ref 1

  grievances between Soviet Union and ref 1

  historic links with Scotland ref 1, ref 2

  Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  identity of, attempts to abolish ref 1

  January Uprising (1863) ref 1

  Jewish genocide ref 1, ref 2

  links with ref 1

  modernisation of ref 1

  national nightmare of ref 1

  Nazi killing field ref 1, ref 2

  non-alignment policy of ref 1

  November Uprising (1830) ref 1

  official non-existence of ref 1, ref 2

  Operation Tempest ref 1, ref 2

  partitioning of ref 1, ref 2

  paths to future for soldiers following 1939 September Campaign ref 1

  patriotic conspiracies ref 1

  People’s Republic of ref 1

  Pilsudski’s Republic ref 1

  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ref 1

  Polish Republic, boundary disputes of ref 1

  political and economic decline ref 1

  popular support for resistance in ref 1

  postwar boundaries, Potsdam decision on ref 1

  Red Army in ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  regional partition by Nazis ref 1

  religious freedom in ref 1

  restoration of independence (1917) ref 1

  roots of suffering of ref 1

  rural districts, partizan control of ref 1

  Russia and Prussia, hostility of ref 1

  Scotland’s first planned ref 1

  September Resistance (1939) ref 1

  Silver Cross of Merit award for Krystyna Szumelukowa ref 1

  underground state ref 1

  wartime resistance in ref 1

  wartime story of, faith and endurance in ref 1

  wealth of sixteenth-century ref 1

  Poles in Scotland ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  acceptance within communities, tightrope of ref 1

  agricultural skills of ref 1

  bartering ref 1

  belief in free homeland of ref 1

  Borders welcome for (and Polish reciprocation) ref 1

  boredom and disillusionment of ref 1

  Churchill’s pledge to ref 1

  citizenship for, diffuctulties of ref 1

  condensed milk, use of ref 1

  country dances as relaxation for ref 1

  cuisine, coming to terms with ref 1

  distillation ref 1, ref 2

  early repatriation, official encouragement of ref 1

  employment issue ref 1, ref 2

  fears and worries of ref 1

  fraternisation with locals ref 1

  grief and rage, focus of ref 1

  influx in recent years of ref 1

  letters from home for ref 1

  living in limbo ref 1

  mark on Scottish Borders left by ref 1

  memorial service (Remembrance Sunday, 2008) ref 1

  numbers of ref 1

  Polish soldiers, first arrivals in Borders ref 1

  political sympathy for ref 1

  relationship building for ref 1

  religious divide for ref 1, ref 2

  reporting to local police stations, need for ref 1

  rest and relaxation in Berwick ref 1

  School of Medicine at Edinburgh University ref 1

  Sovietization, experience of ref 1, ref 2

  tensions with locals at country dances ref 1

  trading ref 1

  visits to other parts for ref 1

  welcome to Glasgow ref 1, ref 2

  work opportunities for ref 1

  xenophobia against ref 1, ref 2

  Polish Army Service Corps (Artillery), 22nd Company ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14

  Polish Committee of National Liberation ref 1

  The Polish Community in Scotland (Ziarski-Kernberg, T.) ref 1

  Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London ref 1, ref 2

  Polish 2nd Corps ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Polish Socialist Party ref 1

  Polish-Soviet War (1920) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Polish 1st Armoured Division ref 1

  Polish 1st Army ref 1, ref 2

  Polish 1st Corps ref 1, ref 2

  Portugal ref 1

  Post House Hotel, Edinburgh ref 1

  Potsdam conference ref 1, ref 2

  Poznañ ref 1

  Prendys, Lance-Corporal Peter ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  appointment as Wojtek’s guardian ref 1

  camp life in Middle East with Wojtek ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  care for baby bear ref 1

  death in London ref 1

  family wartime endurance ref 1

  first meeting with Wojtek ref 1

  goodbye to Wojtek ref 1, ref 2

  leaving Wojtek at Winfield (and welcome on return) ref 1

  love for Wojtek ref 1

  reunited with family ref 1

  West Ukraine homeland ref 1

  Winfield life with Wojtek ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Princess Street Gardens ref 1

  Protestant Action Society ref 1

  Queen Victoria ref 1

  Rhodesia ref 1

  Rigg, Suzanne ref 1

  Riverside Studios, Hammersmith ref 1

  Robertson, Jennifer ref 1

  Rokossovsky, Konstantin ref 1

  Romania ref 1, ref 2

  Rommel, General Erwin ref 1

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. ref 1

  a
t Teheran conference ref 1

  at Yalta conference ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Rothesay ref 1

  Royal Scots Borderers ref 1

  Royal Zoological Society of Scotland ref 1

  Rudnicki, Klemens ref 1

  Russell MSP, Mike ref 1, ref 2

  Russian Revolution (1905) ref 1

  Saddler, Brian ref 1

  salmon ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Scotland ref 1

  common purpose of war years in ref 1

  core of Polish community in ref 1

  dancing bears in ref 1

  displaced persons in, life of ref 1

  food allowances in ref 1

  rationing in ref 1

  school milk in ref 1

  Scottish Borders ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14

  tradition of military recruitment in Borders ref 1

  wartime movements of people in ref 1

  winter of 1946-7, harshness of ref 1

  ‘Scotland in Europe’ (Richard Demarco exhibition) ref 1

  Scotland in Poland ref 1

  Scottish Parliament ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Scottish-Polish Society ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Scottish Women’s Rural Institute (SWRI) ref 1

  Shaw, David ref 1

  Siberia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Sikorski, General Wladyslaw ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Skibinska, Kasia ref 1

  Skrzynski, Tomasz ref 1, ref 2

  Slowacki, Juliusz ref 1

  Sobiesky, Princess Clementina ref 1

  Sosabowski, General Stanislaw ref 1, ref 2

  Soviet Union ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16

  Spain ref 1

  St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral ref 1

  Stalin, Josef ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Britain’s alliance with, Churchill’s anxiety not to damage ref 1, ref 2

  control over Poland ref 1

  intention to set up puppet regime in Poland ref 1, ref 2

  invasion of Eastern Poland ref 1

  Katyn Forest, complicity in massacre in ref 1, ref 2

  Pilsudski’s relationship with ref 1, ref 2

  refusal for Allies to use Soviet-held airfields ref 1

  suspicions of Anders’ Polish army ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  at Teheran conference ref 1

  ‘Uncle Joe’ ref 1

  Warsaw Rising, attitude to ref 1, ref 2

  at Yalta conference ref 1, ref 2

  Stanislaw August, King of Poland ref 1

  Starobielsk prison camp ref 1, ref 2

  Staron, Wojcjech ref 1

  Stewart, Iain ref 1, ref 2

  Stihler, Catherine MEP ref 1

  The Story of Edinburgh Zoo (Gillespie, T.) ref 1

  Stuart, Charles Edward (Bonnie Prince Charlie) ref 1

  Sunwick Farm ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Switzerland ref 1

  Symington, Lanarkshire ref 1, ref 2

  Syria ref 1, ref 2

  Szmalc, Sean ref 1

  Szumelukowa, Krystyna ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Taranto, Italy ref 1

  Tashkent ref 1

  Tauroggen, Convention of (1812) ref 1

  Teheran conference ref 1

  Tel Aviv Zoo ref 1

  Thatcher, Margaret ref 1

  Thompson, Jack (J.B.) ref 1

  Tobruk, Libya ref 1

  Trafas, Kazimierz ref 1

  Treasury Committee for Polish Questions ref 1

  Treaty of Riga (1921) ref 1

  Treaty of Versailles (1919) ref 1

  Tweed River ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Ukraine ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  United Nations ref 1

  United States ref 1

  Uzbekistan ref 1

  Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford ref 1

  Vilnius (Wilno) ref 1, ref 2

  War Dog Training School ref 1

  Warsaw

  Battle of (‘Miracle on the Vistula’) ref 1

  rejuvenation of ref 1

  Rising in (1944) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  statue for Wojtek in, negotiations for ref 1

  Warsaw Zoo ref 1

  Western Desert ref 1, ref 2

  Weygand, General Maxime ref 1

  Whiteadder River ref 1

  Winfield Camp ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16

  accommodation for Wojtek at ref 1, ref 2

  belief in free homeland of men in ref 1

  Berwick, magnet for men from ref 1

  dances at local villages for men from ref 1

  demob of men from ref 1, ref 2

  fraternisation with local people ref 1

  identification of visitors by Wojtek at ref 1

  KOSB visitors at ref 1

  morale boosting by Wojtek at ref 1

  River Tweed adjacent to ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  size of ref 1

  Sunwick as landmark for ref 1

  swimming pool for Wojtek at ref 1

  trading from ref 1

  winter conditions at ref 1

  Wojtek’s departure from ref 1

  Wojtek – The Bear That Went To War (BBC TV) ref 1

  Wojtek Memorial Trust ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Wojtek the Bear

  symbol of hope for the future ref 1

  Wojtek the Bear ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  adaptation to soldier’s routines ref 1

  Adriatic summer ref 1

  advancing through Italy ref 1

  aerial tricks ref 1

  ambassadorial role ref 1

  army life under canvas ref 1

  arrival at Winfield ref 1, ref 2

  arrival in Palestine ref 1

  AWOL from Gedera ref 1

  ‘babe magnet’ ref 1

  bathing in Tweed ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  beef-up in autumn ref 1

  Berwick, visits to town of ref 1

  boot polish and ref 1

  boredom threshold ref 1, ref 2

  buying the baby bear ref 1

  care for baby bear ref 1

  charming ladies in Iraq ref 1

  chastisement for ref 1

  claw-marks remaining at Winfield ref 1

  commemoration of ref 1, ref 2

  commotion in camp, and a close-run thing ref 1

  communal shower ref 1

  constraints on ref 1, ref 2

  cookhouse defences breached ref 1, ref 2

  crime sheet, growing ref 1

  Dalmatian pal ref 1

  death in Edinburgh Zoo ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  dexterity ref 1

  diet for ref 1

  diplomatic reception for (March, 2009) ref 1

  discarded tins, dangers of ref 1

  eating habits ref 1

  echoes of old life for ref 1

  Egypt, mobilisation to ref 1

  fame and recognition for ref 1

  finding the baby bear ref 1

  friendly nature of ref 1

  future for, problem of ref 1, ref 2

  Gedera in Palestine, base camp for ref 1, ref 2

  gentle giant ref 1

  Greyfriars Bobby and, similarities and differences ref 1

  grooming, liking for ref 1, ref 2

  Happy Warrior ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  hibernation?, not for ref 1

  home baking, love of ref 1, ref 2

  horse-stalking, and a lesson for ref 1

  hunting instincts, display of rage and ref 1

  idyllic summer at end of war ref 1

  international interest in story of
ref 1

  interview by officialdom ref 1

  Iraq, mobilisation to ref 1

  John Clarke’s memories of ref 1

  Kaska the monkey and ref 1

  Kay’s memories of ref 1

  legend of, continuing nature of ref 1, ref 2

  legendary status, achievement of ref 1

  local children at Winfield, attraction for ref 1

  loitering hopefully ref 1

  love at first sight with ref 1

  medical MOT for ref 1

  Michael the Bear and ref 1

  military campaigner ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  mirrors, fascination with ref 1

  mischief, sense of ref 1

  monkey torment for ref 1

  at Monte Cassino ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  morale boosting by ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  music, love of ref 1

  naming the baby bear ref 1

  observation, powers of ref 1

  officer and gentleman, life of ref 1

  official acceptance for baby bear ref 1

  omnivore ref 1

  owning the baby bear, responsibilities of ref 1

  personality of ref 1

  Peter’s appointment as guardian for ref 1

  place in Scotland’s heart ref 1, ref 2

  politics in pursuit of commemoration of ref 1, ref 2

  power for good ref 1

  private party in Iraq ref 1

  promotion to corporal ref 1

  registration as private in Polish Army ref 1

  retiral in Edinburgh Zoo ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  saved from performing as ‘dancing bear’ ref 1, ref 2

  Scottish country dances, highlight of social calendar ref 1, ref 2

  scouting skills ref 1

  shaving brushes, interest in ref 1

  shipboard fun ref 1

  sleeping quarters at Winfield ref 1

  sneak thief ref 1

  special badge commemorating action at Monte Cassino ref 1

  spycatcher ref 1

  stalking sheep (and dangers of) ref 1

  star attraction ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  statues of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  stillness skills ref 1

  stories of, comfort for veterans in ref 1

  swimming a pleasure for ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  symbol of consolation and hope for Poland ref 1

  temperament ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  temperate climate, need for ref 1

  tolerance of misdeeds ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  touching hearts ref 1

  treeing a man ref 1

  truck trick on ref 1

  underwater swimmer ref 1

  unique nature of ref 1

  water sports, enthusiasm for ref 1

  welcome in Glasgow ref 1

  welcoming enthusiasms ref 1

  Wojtek Factor, bringing communities together ref 1

  Wojtek project, genesis of ref 1