Special PoW’s in a special camp. The leadership of Poland’s Home Army in Oflag IV C Colditz

Abstract

The subject of the article is the stay in German captivity, in Oflag IV C Colditz, of the leading group of the Home Army with the Commander of the Home Army, Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski "Bór" at its head, along with a total number of 20 soldiers. They were held there from February 5 to April 13, 1945. In this camp, considered a special or penal camp, the Polish officers captured during the 1939 campaign were held in the first years of the war, followed by mainly Anglo-Saxon prisoners-of-war, including special prisoners-of-war. So far, researchers have focused mainly on the special activity of inmates in terms of spectacular escapes, and the stay of the Home Army general group has not been the subject of a broader analysis by researchers. Most often, the stay in the POW camps of the General "Bór" group was simply recorded, at the chronicle level, not warranting an in-depth description of what this captivity was like.