Carol has been researching her family tree for quite a few years now, and one of her great uncles was born in 1888 in a village called Stawiszyn, which is located between Warsaw and Poznań, so we made a small detour to check it out. There’s not much remaining from all those years ago, but it was still good to visit the place.
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This morning we were up early and took a tram into Poznań old town (a one day travelcard cost a bargain €3.50). At the centre is a photogenic main square which, like so many places we’ve been to now, was flattened during WWII and subsequently rebuilt to look as it did pre-1939.
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We spent the morning wandering around the old town, and after lunch we walked to Park Citadela, where there’s a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery, alongside separate cemeteries for Polish, German and Russian soldiers.
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The 1963 film The Great Escape was based on a true story where 76 prisoners escaped from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań). Only three of them made a home run, and 50 of those recaptured were executed. The bodies of many of these are buried at Poznań.
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We spent the remainder of the day exploring the town and riding the trams.
Mike