It's incredible how many stories are still hidden in family albums and memories. Sometimes, guests from distant places bring stories so closely tied to our city. This was no different during Carol's visit, the daughter of an Australian prisoner of war from Stalag XXA, located in Toruń. Her father, Stanley, was a medic and stayed in Forts XV and XIV, where a hospital for prisoners of war operated. He fell into German captivity in Greece. He served with his knowledge and assistance in Toruń and the surrounding camps. He participated in the so-called "Death March," the evacuation of the camp to western Germany, but he joined from Białystok, where he volunteered as medical aid, wanting to remain true to his calling until the end of the war.
Such a distant story also had a close ending because on one of the photos, Carol found her father. Thanks to this visit, we got to know the history of the camp in Solc Kujawski very well, which was quite difficult to establish until now.
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