steved
8 Apr 2014
History / Polish conscripts to German army [132]
I have just found this site and there are some very moving posts.
I believe my father and his brother were conscripted into the German army, neither would really talk about the war very much. They were born in the town of Gostynin near Lodz, three brothers, the youngest one was shot by a Russian officer for being cheeky.
After serving in the German army dad then joined the Polish army, I am not sure how this happened but he did mention Anders sometime's, after the war he came to a camp in Guildford I believe and stayed in England for the rest of his life.
He passed away in Nov 2013 at the age of 91, having never felt he could return to Poland. We are planing a trip to Gostynin in May to scatter his ashes and try and find the younger brothers grave, and the house they lived in.
So many terrible things happened to people during these times, we cannot begin to understand or judge when we have never experienced such hardship and cruelty, we are free to go where we like, say what we like, talk to whoever we like.
I wish I could have found out more from Dad when he was alive but like many I guess it was so painful to remember and talk about, it would be good to hear from others with similar stories as I am very interested in finding out more about exactly what happened and why.
I have just found this site and there are some very moving posts.
I believe my father and his brother were conscripted into the German army, neither would really talk about the war very much. They were born in the town of Gostynin near Lodz, three brothers, the youngest one was shot by a Russian officer for being cheeky.
After serving in the German army dad then joined the Polish army, I am not sure how this happened but he did mention Anders sometime's, after the war he came to a camp in Guildford I believe and stayed in England for the rest of his life.
He passed away in Nov 2013 at the age of 91, having never felt he could return to Poland. We are planing a trip to Gostynin in May to scatter his ashes and try and find the younger brothers grave, and the house they lived in.
So many terrible things happened to people during these times, we cannot begin to understand or judge when we have never experienced such hardship and cruelty, we are free to go where we like, say what we like, talk to whoever we like.
I wish I could have found out more from Dad when he was alive but like many I guess it was so painful to remember and talk about, it would be good to hear from others with similar stories as I am very interested in finding out more about exactly what happened and why.