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Only the personalities of two Poles buried in individual graves are known:
POBŁOCKI STANISŁAW Doctor of Medicine
Captain of the Polish Army
* 14.2.1890 Lina
† 11.1.1942
BILNIK ROMAN Doctor of… more
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According to the information provided by the inhabitants of Bodenfelde, Józef Krzyżański was deprived of his status of a prisoner of war a few months after being captured (just like thousands of… more
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The first and the largest group (1,076 officers, 162 non-commissioned officers and privates) were soldiers from the liquidated Oflag VI E Dorsten for Polish prisoners of war. The prisoners also came… more
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At the beginning of April 1945, there was a tragedy over the Essen area caused by an American pilot. A column of several thousand forced laborers was mistakenly attacked by the crew of an American… more
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Polish sounding names without nationality, as they are on the tombstones (original spelling preserved):
Luzian Majewski † 27.2.1945
Marie Gapka * 1913 † 20.12.1945
Stanislus Piefruszak * 3l.12.1907… more
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Migratory people
Over the centuries, people have migrated from Polish to German territories. Generally speaking, though, this was not mass migration, as opposed to the migration movements from west… more
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Like the other stalags, camps for soldiers and non-commissioned officers, Stalag III B was intended for a short stay. After registration, the prisoners were sent to work in the newly established… more
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Oflag X C Lübeck was founded in June 1940 and functioned until its liberation by the Allied forces in May 1945. From 1941 to August 1944, Polish prisoners of war were kept there alongside French,… more