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Interned Poles in Romania never opened letter 1940 - Internment camps of Polish soldiers during World War II - places of forced residence of those Polish military who, after the defeat of Poland and France, found themselves - after crossing the border - on the territory of neutral countries, or who considered themselves so. The status of the internees and their further fate were very different. The vast majority of them (with the exception of those detained in the USSR) managed to reach the PES formation centers in the West, where they had the opportunity to take part in the war on the side of the Allies. The first internment camps were established in Romania, where - by the end of September 1939 - about 50,000 soldiers, including more than 3,600 generals and officers, had escaped. These soldiers were imprisoned in several dozen camps, most often in bad or very bad living conditions.Largest camps were in Targu Jiu and in Călimăneşti.Here is never opened letter from Calimanesti sent to Kattowitz in Upper Silesia************IMPORTANT! We ship this article from our office in Europe****************