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The purpose of this article is to present the activity of Szkoła Junaczek (the Junior Girls School), later the Junior Girl-Volunteers School, from its creation in 1942, until 1948. The first part of this paper presents the dynamically changing and growing Polish system of education abroad and the problems that it faced. These problems included the lack of textbooks, basic teaching aids and school buildings. The second part of the paper introduces Hanna Broncel – professor of history at the Junior Girl-Volunteers School. The author describes the story of Hanna Broncel’s life – based on the memories of those closest to her – and presents the history of Polish emigration and the creation of the foundation The Hanna and Zdzisław Broncel Charitable Trust, whose main objective is to support initiatives for the promotion of Polish culture in the UK.