posted on 2024-06-05, 16:09authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
This Second World War Story begins in 1940, when Jozef Soczawa joined a partisan group that would support the Polish military. Partisans would blow up bridges or train tracks. My grandad would hide during the day in the woods and at night would come back home at night.
Jozef Soczawa was on the Nazi wanted list and hunted. Sometimes he would hide in a tight space between two walls and he had to hop in through the attic floorboards. He also had to hide in a stack of hay.
History
Person the story/items relate to
Jozef Soczawa
Person who shared the story/items
Jakub Soczawa
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
He is my great-granddad
Type of submission
Shared online as part of the SOS: Save Our Stories campaign.
School
St Richard's Catholic College, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex