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Educating the youth

 Today, Paweł went to his former High School to educate students about his passions. He gave a lecture about the importance of history and traditions in contemporary world. The students listened also to stories about Stalag XXA (20A).

2420 mile to discover the fathers war history

Last days of june were a great adventure. Jason Cook (who arrived to Torun by motorbike) saw Stalag XXA remains. His father was captured in Norway. Below memories from his trip...  My name is Jason Cook and I have been doing some research on my father who served during WW2. He was Private 4859218 John George Cook of 1/5 Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. He was captured in Norway on the 23rd of April 1940, at a place called Tretten. He was taken to Torun, Poland and incarcerated at Stalag XXA. On footprints of history As part of my research I have photo-copies of my fathers army papers, battalion war diaries, red-cross reports and more but to finalise it all I wanted to visit the places where he was captured and imprisoned and take photographs. These would then complete a binder I have been compiling on my fathers experiences. To that end I visited Tretten in March this year and have only recently got back from a 2420 mile motorbike ride to Torun...