He was captured by the German army in June 1940 and imprisoned in Stalag VIII-A, a prisoner-of-war camp in Görlitz, Germany (now Zgorzelec, Poland).
Zgorzelec | Gmina Zgorzelec | Pokrzywnik, Zgorzelec County | Jędrzychowice, Zgorzelec County |
The culmination of the union year is an international MitOst festival that takes place annually in a new city (2003:Pécs/Hungary, 2004:Vilnius/Lithuania, 2005: Wrocław/Poland, 2006: Timișoara/Romania, 2007: Görlitz/Zgorzelec, Germany/Poland).
Rybarzowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Gmina Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
The Treaty of Zgorzelec (Full title The Agreement Concerning the Demarcation of the Established and the Existing Polish-German State Frontier, also known as the Treaty of Görlitz and Treaty of Zgorzelic) between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR) was signed on 6 July 1950 in Polish Zgorzelec, since 1945 the eastern part of the divided city of Görlitz.