260648 Cpl. Zygmunt Nowak Polish Army Polish Tank Corps from:Wolamakowska, Poland My father Zygmunt Nowak was captured on 6th of October 1939 and sent to Stalag XIII-A, and then moved to Stalag X-A in Schleswig. On 15th of December 19141, he was sent to work on a farm near Flensburg. He stayed there until the end of the war, as the farmer treated him well. Even after he was freed by the British, he stayed on to help at the farm until one of the farmer’s three sons came home from the war. Knowing the area well, he joined the occupying Allied forces to keep law and order in the area.
Not much was said about the camps, so I can't tell any stories. One interesting point was that some time in 1943 Dad was allowed to go home to Poland for a week. My family back in Poland has a record of this. His brother was part of the Polish underground and told him not to go back, as he would hide him in Poland. But Dad said no, as probably the Germans would kill the whole family if he didn't go back, plus he was being treated well there.
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