Memorial to "The Fifty"

Żagań
Lubusz, Poland

This memorial is dedicated to the 50 Allied prisoners of war, who were executed in March 1944 after "The Great Escape". The nationalities of the victims are as follow: British: 21 Canadian: 6 Polish: 6 Australian: 5 South African: 3 New Zeelanders: 2 Norwegian: 2 Belgian: 1 Czechoslovak: 1 French: 1 Greek: 1 Lithuanian: 1

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Text by: Kaj Metz

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