Bataliony "Odry" - Battalion "Odra"
Article about: An interesting and rare photo from 14 March 1943 at Oflag Gross Born with signatures: S. Mossor, H. Sucharski, M. Mroczek(?), Saffron (name?) III AT and the symbol of "Odra" —an un
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Any thoughts as to why so many have broken arms or hand/arm wounds in the photograph?
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Any thoughts as to why so many have broken arms or hand/arm wounds in the photograph?
Maybe "work" injuries?
The slogan in the photo "nie wieder nach polen" which translates to something like "never go back (or return) to Poland" is interesting.
update:
Injured Polish officers at Gross Born were treated in the hospital at nearby Stalag II B Hammerstein which was run by a Dr. Edmund Mroczkiewicz. Dr. Mroczkiewicz was also the "Odra" commander at Stalag II B and the surgery hospital in Czarne became the main point of contact for the "Odra" organisation. So there is the intriguing possibility that not all of the injuries of the men in the photo are what they seem—objects such as radio valves were smuggled inside bandages from one camp to the other
Last edited by StefanM; 12-23-2012 at 11:14 AM.
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That's very ingenious of the Poles. I wonder if the Germans ever caught on?
Thank you for the update. Wesolych Swiat!
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