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VETERANS REMEMBER

World War II   Kazimir Ladny
Kazimir Ladny
Kazimir Ladny is a Polish WW II veteran. He was captured by the Russians in late 1939, spending the winter in a Siberian POW camp. He was then exchanged with the Germans, and spent the remainder of the war as a slave laborer. Liberated in 1945, he struggled to survive, even dabbling in the black market before finally emigrating to America.

> Abstract PDF

> Interview 1 (Video)
Kazimir's capture & Siberian camp

> Interview 2 (Video)
From Soviet prisoner to German prisoner

> Interview 3 (Video)
From German slave laborer to liberation

> Interview 1 (Audio)
Kazimir's capture & Siberian camp

> Interview 2 (Audio)
From Soviet prisoner to German prisoner

> Interview 3 (Audio)
From German slave laborer to liberation

> Interview 4 (Audio)
Two Kazimirs reunite

> Transcript PDF

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Related Materials: See also Mark Depue's editorial and also columnist Dave Bakke’s article in the Springfield State Journal-Register.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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