His name was unknown for a long time, Czesław Oberdak. After the mass execution at Woeste Hoeve in 1945 he was not identified. As an anonymous victim, he was buried first in Uchelen and then in ...
Polish War Graves in the Netherlands
Welcome to the website ‘Poolse oorlogsgraven’. This website shows an overview of (to us) all known graves of Polish liberators who gave their lives during the Second World ...
Bolesław Paulski
The text below is thanks to Graham Francis, treasurer of the Arnhem 1944 Fellowship.
From Poland to the UKBolesław Paulski was born in Tuszyno, Wilno, which is mod...
Edward Trochim
For a long time, this grave had a headstone reading “A soldier of the war 1939 – 1945”. It was in the summer of 2021 that after thorough research it became clear the the remain...
The special road to freedom by Bartek Mazur
Every Polish liberator had his own story about the route that brought them to the Netherlands. In ‘Five Prisons to Arnhem’ we are introduced to the story of Bartek Mazur. The book wa...
Mieczysław Glass
In the night of June 21 to 22, 1943, Wellington Mark X with registration number HE327 was on its way to Krefeld. On board of the bomber of 300 squadron 300, recognizable by the letters BH with i...
Alexander Adamski
Adamski was shot dead on March 12, 1945. He was one of a total of forty ‘Todeskandidaten’ who were executed by the German occupier in reprisal for an attack on an official...
Czesław Oberdak
The Polish victim of Woeste Hoeve remained forgotten for a long time
His name was unknown for a long time, Czesław Oberdak. After the mass execution at Woeste Hoeve in 1945 he was not identif...
One night, two Lancasters shot down over the Netherlands
On the night of June 12 to 13, 1944, eight Lancasters from the Polish 300 Squadron departed from Faldingworth airbase on a mission to Gelsenkirchen. A total of 286 bombers departed for this miss...
Tadeusz Józef Kołoszczyk
During a ‘ramrod’ mission, pilot Kołoszczyk experiences technical problems with his Mustang Mark III, FZ196 UZ-D of the 306 squadron. His plane crashes near eghel (map ref...