250570 Col Stefan Pyrzak Polish Army My Father, Stefus" Pyrzak was a Prisoner of War in Stalag 1A from October 1939 till August 14 1942.
He falsified his date of birth so he could volunteer to the Polish Army. His real date of birth was 1st of October 1920. Therefore he was too young to be accepted by the Army. He changed his date of birth to 1st of January 1916.
He was captured by the Germans in the Warsaw Area and interrogated by the Germans in city of Plock. Today the prison is in May 1 street.
Then he was transferred to Stalag 1A and was among the Polish prisoners that started to build the camp for the Prisoners of War that arrived from all over Europe. My father told me some of the stories about conditions in the camp.
I have the original release document for his release. He was supposed to report within 24 hours to the local police. However, he escaped to the forest and finally was able to escape and found the Polish resistance and was fighting against Germans until 1945.
In the army he rose to be a Colonel.
This information comes from the documents that I found, pictures from the army and the stories that my father told me during the years.
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