WARTIME GUIDES

       It's very nice when an international cooperation isn't limited only to the internet. On 1.08 (in Poland this is an  anniversary of Warsaw uprising) we opened an exhibiton dedicated to Australian POW. The exhibition visited  President of the town, members of the Historical War Museum (who have given us space for the exhibit) the and local media Thanks to members of the 2/5 Australian General Hospital Association we possessed a lot of worthy things: unique pictures, books, posters, postcards etc. The most important is the flag (Red Ensign) based on the same one which was created in Stalag XX A in Thorn. To see the TV relation from the event click HERE  An Exhibition in Historical War Museum an original flag during sport parade in Fort XV

If anybody believes that world is small, it is! At the begining was an email for some information about Australians soldiers in Stalag XX A. From word to word our cooperation  with the southern part of the world has given us fruitful results such as sensational materials about a small regiment of Australians in Stalag XXA, Torun. We may also boast that now we are honored members of 2/5 Australian General Hospital association! From our blog we would like to thank for whole help and knowledge to: Ray Butterfield and all memmebers. The badge of 2/5 Australian General Hospital

After July we are sure that Stalag history is totally undiscovered. Single stories are such exciting that we could make a lot of movies. Below we publish a short story of Sgt Neil McLellan whose traces we had chance to follow.  Looking for founds of  barracks "My Grandfather, Sgt Neil McLellan, 202 Anti-Tank Battery (Isle of Bute), Royal Artillery, 51 st Highland Division was a Prisoner of War for 5 years in Stalag XXA during the Second World War. During this time he became the official camp photographer taking many pictures of events such as Theatre Plays, Boxing, Football and Rugby. He also attended the Funerals of many British POW’s so that the event could be recorded for military records. On leaving the camp to begin the infamous “Death March” he managed to hold on to many of these pictures and later traced some of the Families of the fallen. Like many others he would not talk about it in the years after the war. However in my years at School during the...