After the outbreak of the Second World War, more and more foreigners were brought to the camp. In the summer of 1940, the number of prisoners rose to 10,000 and the living conditions deteriorated… more
Shadows on the wall
“Christmas Eve. The wafer. On the big table, everything laid out as always, and a pineapple. I sit at the table for hours, drawing stones”. Three months previously, in October… more
Janina Szarek was born on 24 June 1946 in Ruda Różaniecka, in the former Lwów Voivodeship. Her parents were in the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa); at the time, the Solska Forest (Puszcza Solska),… more
The common grave of Polish prisoners of war is located on a slight hill in the northeastern part of the cemetery. On both sides of the stone cross, there are tombstones with the names and surnames of… more
Tomasz Niewodniczański was born in Wilna (now known as Vilnius) on 25 September 1933 as the eldest of the Niewodniczański's three children. At this time, his father, Henryk Niewodniczański (1900-1968… more
Szlegel, Korneli (Szlegiel, Szlegl, Cornelius Schlegel), Polish painter, member of the "Munich School". In 1842/43, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Wilhelm Kaulbach and the… more
Despite the provisions of the Geneva Convention, prisoners - just like in many other cases - had to perform forced labour in one of over 1,100 work units. After the arrival of French, Belgian,… more
The necropolis, existing since 1951, was primarily used to bury the soldiers who died in the last two months of the war, who were originally interred in many other small cemeteries within a radius of… more
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