Plaque commemorating the buried soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Rifle Division, photo Ambasada RP w Bernie, 2021
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Plaque commemorating the buried soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Rifle Division

ID: WOJ-000474-W/107321 (CH-0013)

Plaque commemorating the buried soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Rifle Division

On the night of 19 to 20 June 1940, soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Rifle Division fighting in France crossed the Swiss border. They were interned by the Swiss authorities and stayed there until the end of the war. In the Alpnach Dorf area by the Sarner Aa river stood the barracks of the interned Polish soldiers employed, among other things, to build roads in the area. Old commemorative plaques about the work of the Poles on the roads from Alpnach to Ennetmoos and to Siebeneich have survived.

Five Polish soldiers are buried in the local cemetery, some of whom died in road construction accidents. In accordance with Swiss regulations, these graves were decommissioned after 25 years. A marble plaque was placed on the cemetery wall with 5 plaques containing the personal details of the soldiers, as well as a metal divisional eagle and a brass plaque stating that the roads were built by interned Poles, Italians and Russians.

The following soldiers were commemorated: sergeant major Bernard Kurzeja, platoon sergeant Zygmunt Flinta, st. strz. Julian Goździk, strz. Henryk Kielbratowski, bomb. Henryk Wawrzkiewicz.

The inscription on the plaque reads: "POLEN BAUTEN DIE STRASSEN / NACH ENNETMOOS & ETSCHI / 1939-1945 / INT. ITALIENER, POLEN & RUSSEN / BAUTEN DEN SAUMWEG / HORWELI - Ä LGGÄU - WANGEN" (Poles built roads / to Ennetmoos and Etschi / 1939-1945 / Int. Italians, Poles and Russians / built the road / Horweli - Älggäu - Wängen).

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09.05.2023
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Plaque commemorating the buried soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Rifle Division
Plaque commemorating the buried soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Rifle Division, photo Ambasada RP w Bernie, 2021

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