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Stalag 10A Prisoner of War Camp
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Cpl. Zygmunt Nowak Polish Tank Corps My father Zygmunt Nowak was captured on 6th of October 1939 and sent to Stalag XIII-A, and then moved to Stalag X-A in Schleswig. On 15th of December 19141, he was sent to work on a farm near Flensburg. He stayed there until the end of the war, as the farmer treated him well. Even after he was freed by the British, he stayed on to help at the farm until one of the farmer’s three sons came home from the war. Knowing the area well, he joined the occupying Allied forces to keep law and order in the area.
Not much was said about the camps, so I can't tell any stories. One interesting point was that some time in 1943 Dad was allowed to go home to Poland for a week. My family back in Poland has a record of this. His brother was part of the Polish underground and told him not to go back, as he would hide him in Poland. But Dad said no, as probably the Germans would kill the whole family if he didn't go back, plus he was being treated well there.
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Boleslaw Kusiewicz Boleslaw Kusiewicz was held in Stalag 10a.
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Adamo Pascale My father Adamo Pascale served in Albania and was sent to Stalag XA in 1943-1945. I was told the camp was mistakenly bombed and many of my father's unit were killed and a memorial was placed there.
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Strzelec Jozef Szybkowski 3rd Coy. 37th Battalion   My great grandfather Jozef was conscripted into the Polish military in 1938, being assigned to the 37th 'Leczycki' Regiment located in the city of Kutno. Prior to this he had worked as a farm labourer in the village of Morawce. He participated in what is now known as 'The Battle of Bzura' or 'The Battle of Kutno'.
He surrendered along with the remainder of his regiment at Ilow on 18th September 1939. From here he was transferred to Stalag XA and designated as Prisoner No. 339P, where he remained until 5th January 1941, when he and seven other men from the camp were 'Released for civilian work' and assigned to a farm in the area of Handewitt, known as Handewitt Field, the employers' name was M. Clausen. Here he remained, and met my great grandmother Antonina Jeremenko, who had been deported from the occupied territory of Ukraine in 1943 as an 'Ostarbeiter' to perform domestic duties at the Clausen household.
When Flensburg fell to the allies they were placed in the Wentorf DP camp and married on 28th July 1945 in the Flensburg Registry Office. Over the course of the next few years the pair were transferred to various DP camps. Jozef joined the Civil Mixed Labour Organization and later the Watchman service within the British Zone, and Antonina gave birth to three children, one of whiom suffered an accidental death at the Wedel DP camp.
They had initially intended on leaving for Morawce, but decided otherwise because of the Soviet presence. They applied for assistance from the IRO and on 8th July 1950 they left Bremerhaven harbour aboard the SS Fairsea bound for Australia.
The family spent some time in a refugee camp at Somers in Victoria, where Jozef had to work on contract in exchange for the family's asylum. Eventually the family was released and they settled in a nearby town with three new children. Jozef returned to Poland for the first time in 1973 to attend his mother's funeral, he died in 1990.
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RSM. Albert Edward Townsend Royal Army Medical Corps RSM. A.E.Townsend was captured near Dunkirk. He was marched to Stalag 10A then to Stalag 8B. He was repatriated in 1944.
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Pte Henry Hynd Young 8th Pioneer Btn Kings Own Royal Regiment My dad, Harry Young, died some years ago, but I only recently got sight of his war record. He was captured on 29 April 1940 at Amiens, France and was taken to Stalag XXA, prisoner no. 19412, on 21 July 1940 from a Dulag. He was transferred to Stalag XXB on 1 November 1940 and appears to have stayed there until repatriated. He arrived back in the UK on 19 May 1945. Would be interested to know how he would have spent his time and any photographs would be particularly welcome as he never spoke about his time as a POW apart from mentioning he went on a Death March.
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Cpl. Zygmunt Nowak Polish Tank Corps My father Zygmunt Nowak was captured on 6th of October 1939 and sent to Stalag XIII-A, and then moved to Stalag X-A in Schleswig. On 15th of December 19141, he was sent to work on a farm near Flensburg. He stayed there until the end of the war, as the farmer treated him well. Even after he was freed by the British, he stayed on to help at the farm until one of the farmer’s three sons came home from the war. Knowing the area well, he joined the occupying Allied forces to keep law and order in the area.
Not much was said about the camps, so I can't tell any stories. One interesting point was that some time in 1943 Dad was allowed to go home to Poland for a week. My family back in Poland has a record of this. His brother was part of the Polish underground and told him not to go back, as he would hide him in Poland. But Dad said no, as probably the Germans would kill the whole family if he didn't go back, plus he was being treated well there.
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Boleslaw Kusiewicz Boleslaw Kusiewicz was held in Stalag 10a.
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Adamo Pascale My father Adamo Pascale served in Albania and was sent to Stalag XA in 1943-1945. I was told the camp was mistakenly bombed and many of my father's unit were killed and a memorial was placed there.
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Strzelec Jozef Szybkowski 3rd Coy. 37th Battalion My great grandfather Jozef was conscripted into the Polish military in 1938, being assigned to the 37th 'Leczycki' Regiment located in the city of Kutno. Prior to this he had worked as a farm labourer in the village of Morawce. He participated in what is now known as 'The Battle of Bzura' or 'The Battle of Kutno'.
He surrendered along with the remainder of his regiment at Ilow on 18th September 1939. From here he was transferred to Stalag XA and designated as Prisoner No. 339P, where he remained until 5th January 1941, when he and seven other men from the camp were 'Released for civilian work' and assigned to a farm in the area of Handewitt, known as Handewitt Field, the employers' name was M. Clausen. Here he remained, and met my great grandmother Antonina Jeremenko, who had been deported from the occupied territory of Ukraine in 1943 as an 'Ostarbeiter' to perform domestic duties at the Clausen household.
When Flensburg fell to the allies they were placed in the Wentorf DP camp and married on 28th July 1945 in the Flensburg Registry Office. Over the course of the next few years the pair were transferred to various DP camps. Jozef joined the Civil Mixed Labour Organization and later the Watchman service within the British Zone, and Antonina gave birth to three children, one of whiom suffered an accidental death at the Wedel DP camp.
They had initially intended on leaving for Morawce, but decided otherwise because of the Soviet presence. They applied for assistance from the IRO and on 8th July 1950 they left Bremerhaven harbour aboard the SS Fairsea bound for Australia.
The family spent some time in a refugee camp at Somers in Victoria, where Jozef had to work on contract in exchange for the family's asylum. Eventually the family was released and they settled in a nearby town with three new children. Jozef returned to Poland for the first time in 1973 to attend his mother's funeral, he died in 1990.
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RSM. Albert Edward Townsend Royal Army Medical Corps RSM. A.E.Townsend was captured near Dunkirk. He was marched to Stalag 10A then to Stalag 8B. He was repatriated in 1944.
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Pte Henry Hynd Young 8th Pioneer Btn Kings Own Royal Regiment My dad, Harry Young, died some years ago, but I only recently got sight of his war record. He was captured on 29 April 1940 at Amiens, France and was taken to Stalag XXA, prisoner no. 19412, on 21 July 1940 from a Dulag. He was transferred to Stalag XXB on 1 November 1940 and appears to have stayed there until repatriated. He arrived back in the UK on 19 May 1945. Would be interested to know how he would have spent his time and any photographs would be particularly welcome as he never spoke about his time as a POW apart from mentioning he went on a Death March.
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