Ferdynant Kraczkowski
Born on 14 September 1923 in Zadworze (Poland), Ferdynant was a young boy when his family emigrated to France. His father worked in the foundries at Hayange (Moselle). When war was declared, Ferdynant joined the Polish Army in France. After the fall of France, he was sent to a labour camp in Guarrigues - Château de la Bastide, in the south of France. Demobilised, he came to the high school in Villard-de-Lans in 1941. He left in February 1944 to reach Great Britain via the Pyrenees and Spain. He joined the Polish Army Officer Training School in Scotland. Demobilised in 1946, he returned to France and became an industrial draughtsman. Ferdynant died in 1988.
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