WARTIME GUIDES

                    This Autumn, we found a very unique register! The register of burials in Torun's cemetery. Over 90 prisoners of war were buried at local cemetery and exhumeted soon after the war. We won't be publishing the names but if you want to know if your relative was buried in Torun, Poland, Stalag XXA do not hesitate to ask. fot. http://bit.ly/2AQ1Nhq

Only local guides and enthusiasts know how much do the signatures mean to Prisoners of War (Stalag XXA) and its relatives. This time we came to fort with another element of its history. A history of a soldier who wrote a sign in the cell but also took this unique picture!

 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).

Cellars, basements and secret closets often hide more that any museum. See what I found in one of them very close to Stalag XXA area!

On the footprint of sad story According to Mr Jastrzębski PhD - It's impossible for anybody to survive - But I still believe that somebody lives. What happened? We are looking for relatives of Mr Roman Łoziński (born 1922) form Czersk. Franciszek Kołodziejski (born1 920) from Czersk and Piotr and Juliusz Osowicki from Chojnice. Dangerous connections Łoziński and Kołodziejski worked on a farm in Duża Cerkwica where they met British POW - Everett worked in a working party but he was impriosoned in Chojnice. Everett share his plan with Polish friends how to escape to London. They organized civilian cloths. Everett prepared food on the way. They planned to walk on foot. Escape. .. In July 1942 they escaped from Chojnice (Konitz), stole food from barracks and stop for a while in Piotr Osowicki's house, which was very close to the camp. There son of Piotr Osowicki decided to help and join to the escapers. Unfortunately, in the morning all of them were arrested and...

September is always a time to think about a WWII. This year The Instutute of National Rememberance relased a film which gives us a picture of Polish situation durings the times of WWII and afterwards. Worth seeing: http://www.theunconquered-movie.com/movie.html

Last Saturday we had a great opportunity to take part in historical reconstruction of Oflag 64 in Szubin (Schubin), Stalag XXI, 75 km east from Toruń (Thorn). We saw a model of an Oflag made by kids from a nearby school, people dressed up in prisoners of war uniforms. The organisers prepared a small exhibition and performences devoted to living conditions in an Oflag 64. It was a great pleasure to be there and see a living history. Hope local people saw and therefore understood the concept of Oflags. Great job Mr Mariusz Winiecki from Oflag64Blog