Walerjan Wróbel - Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
Walerjan Wróbel - Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
Walerjan Wróbel - Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
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<strong>Walerjan</strong>, under arrest in 1941. He was<br />
photographed by the headquarters of<br />
the Criminal Police in Bremen.<br />
Source: State archive Bremen<br />
<strong>Walerjan</strong> <strong>Wróbel</strong><br />
<strong>Walerjan</strong> <strong>Wróbel</strong> was born on April 2, 1925 in the<br />
Polish village of Falków. He had a younger brother<br />
and sister. His carefree childhood came to an abrupt<br />
end with the German invasion of Poland in<br />
September 1939. Five days after the beginning of<br />
the war, many houses in his village, including that<br />
of his parents, were destroyed in a bombing raid.<br />
After that, most of the families lived in the ruins or<br />
found shelter with relatives. At this time, many Poles<br />
were deported to work as forced laborers in<br />
Germany. <strong>Walerjan</strong> was also sent to Germany in<br />
April 1941 at the age of 16 to work in forced labor 1<br />
on a farm near Bremen. A few days after arrival,<br />
he was already terribly homesick. He attempted to<br />
flee but was caught.<br />
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