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An old German camp in Poland that was used during WWII to train Indian & German (including SS) soldiers to fight against the allies.

As time went by the russians attacked and most Indians escaped but were executed upon return to their country for working with the Germans.

The village is still partly derelict but families are slowly taking up the old buildings. From what I heard, this is like a council estate kind of residence.

Here are some images of when the Germans owned it...

The guard house...
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And today...

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And here is a photo of the past residents (notice the turbans)...

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The house in the above image...

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The Cinema

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8. The bars on the windows show evidence of the Soviets use of the cinema after their capture of the camp...
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Fascinating history and the buildings have survived extremely well, must have been built to a high quality.
 
how interesting. whoever expected an SS training camp to look so respectable? it's sad about those Indian troops being executed after they got home. With India being British at the time, it's very odd that they'd be in the German army. Unless maybe they were doing it to challenge the British? Anyway, it's a phase of the war I never thought about till I saw your photos. Nice pictures & a thought provoking report. I went to Poland in 1987 & loved it. hope you're having lots of good 'splores.
 
Lol, I've really gotta keep track of these titles, I nearly missed this one!
There's such a style to their architecture! Fantastic job on getting the historic images too, makes for an impressive report!
 
Lol, I've really gotta keep track of these titles, I nearly missed this one!
There's such a style to their architecture! Fantastic job on getting the historic images too, makes for an impressive report!

I know lol, not the easiest language to get your head around!!
 
how interesting. whoever expected an SS training camp to look so respectable? it's sad about those Indian troops being executed after they got home. With India being British at the time, it's very odd that they'd be in the German army. Unless maybe they were doing it to challenge the British? Anyway, it's a phase of the war I never thought about till I saw your photos.
Great report and pictures, more info HERE as to why the Indian troops were there.
 
Nice bit of history there, the stair shot and interior of the hall are awesome, thanks for sharing!
 

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