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World War II Prisoners of War from Poland

Polish prisoners of war/Polscy Jency WojenniIn September 1939, Poland was invaded by German and Soviet troops. A large proportion of the Polish army was captured: around 400,000 men by the German forces and over 200,000 by Soviet troops. Until February 1940, the German authorities gave the ICRC lists of the Polish prisoners of war they held, but after that date they stopped. In 1943, they again...