246553 Kapral Boleslaw Alyois "Bolek" Bobrowski Polish Army Ploch 8th Infantry Regiment from:Chorosza Jel, Poland When I was little, I clamored over my dad, Bolek Bobrowski while he was on the couch, reading the paper. I noticed a little scar on the back of his neck, just off to the side of his spine. It wasn't very large, maybe 1/4 inch by 3/4 inch. It was the first time I had ever noticed it. I asked him where he got it from. His reply has stuck with me always.
"The Nazis. While I escape."
I never asked any again. Many years after his death, I began to put together the pieces of his time in both the Polish Army and the Polish 2nd Corps. It was there I found that he had been captured at the end of September, 1939 by the Germans, sent to Stalag 1A, and then sent onto Stalag 1B, and .... escaped.
He was later discovered by the Soviets and imprisoned in a Siberian Gulag in Komi.
I understand it was a good thing he escaped from 1B, as many didn't survive there too long.
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