Escape from E352, Hugh Patterson's version of ‘The Long Walk’ to Hannsdorf and Postremov. May 15th 2018 Day 7 contd. in the Footsteps of a Polish POW, Geordie Hussar.
Our guide at the Bruntal Museum (see previous blog) told of two or three English soldiers who had befriended a Czech worker and secured a map of the area. They had escaped from my dad's work camp E352, Machold's Linen Factory, but no one ever knew if they were successful.
Hugh Patterson gives this account:
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Europe » Czech Republic » Moravian-Silesian Region » Bruntál Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more