Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),

I already told you a bit about Auschwitz — another important (and horrible) location is Dachau, physically located in southern Germany.

My Father was a prisoner at Dachau, until he was liberated by the U.S. Army on 29 April 1945.

Here is the information I was able to gather about that:

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Dachau Concentration Camp Records, 1945 about Georg Kostro:

Name: Georg Kostro
Birth Place: Warschau (in Polish, that would be Warszawa)
Birth Date: 18 Jun 1923
Arrival Date: 4 Mar 1944
Prisoner Number: 65012
Nationality: Polish
Arrival Notes: 04 Mar 1944 from Natzweiler
Disposition Notes: 27 Mar 1944 to Natzweiler
Description: prisoner Polish
Prior Residence: Dresden
Street Address: Henriciestr.
Page: 2969/Ha
Original Notes (desc. / arr. / dis.): Sch. P. / 04 Mar 1944 v. Ntz. / 27 Mar 1944 n. Ntz.
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As I understand it, before he was arrested for trying to escape into Switzerland through the German Alps, to then join-up with the Polish military forces in Europe, my Father had rented a room in a house on Henriciestr [Henricistr. / Henricistraße] Street in Dresden, Germany. After my Dad was arrested, he spent some time an a German jail, and then he was transferred to Dachau, a concentration camp.

I believe that this is a photograph of his landlords in Dresden:

My Dad’s German landlords were very kind to him, and sent my Dad packages of food while he was in prison.

Here are some photos that I took at the Dachau Camp museum, when I visited it in July 1969:

William, remember — forgive, but do not forget.

Love,

Dziadziuś Paweł.

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