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August Plaszick

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Death: July 22, 1943 (40)
Prisoner of War Camp 132, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada (Murdered)
Place of Burial: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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About Sold August Plaszick

Sold August Plaszick was a veteran of the French Foreign Legion and the Afrika Korps. He was murdered by fellow POW's at Camp 132 near Medicine Hat Alberta. Three POWs were tried for his murder. Werner Schwalb was hung, one sentenced to life in prison and one was acquitted. CBC Digital Archives

In 1970, Plaszick was disinterred from Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta and buried in the German War Graves Section in Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The servicemen were buried two to a grave according to the names on the headstone. He is buried with Karl Reiss.

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Sold August Plaszick's Timeline

1903
January 30, 1903
1943
July 22, 1943
Age 40
Prisoner of War Camp 132, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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German War Graves, Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada