1st Polish
Armoured Division


Ewid
Rank
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Buried


NAPIERALSKI Jan
60253/69/I
st. strz.
23.6.1922 Bydgoszcz
1. Pol.Dyw.Panc.
2. P.Panc.
13.4.1945 
on 18.4.1945 in Kriegsgräberstätte of Stalag 6C at Oberlangen, Germany 
Map References: 6473, Map 33, Groningen 

ELUCINATION:  
Napieralski Jan, Miarka Kazimierz and Neuman Eugenia died on the same day. 
Then all three of them were buried near the POW-camp of Oberlangen.
In what way they lost their lives was n't recorded in writing.
A motor-car accident? 

Both Napieralski Jan and Miarka Kazimierz served in the 2 Pułk Pancerny.

It has led to confusion about the place where both men were buried, because 
the title of the used ordnance-map mentions Groningen.
Therefore, it was assumed, that they were buried in or near the town of Groningen 
in Holland, but that was clearly not the case.
The ordnance-map also covers a small part of Germany, in which part you 
find Oberlangen.

Alas, the burial place 1 km. from the former POW-camp Oberlangen has been 
seriously neglected. Gravestones disappeared and none of the three graves 
mentioned above, was found. 

A written confirmation of the rumour, that Napieralski's grave might be exhumed
to Thuine, is nowhere to be found there either.

About Klank Zbigniew, who died on 27.7.1945, it is about the same story.

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