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My grandfathers leg

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Contributed by 
zosiey
People in story: 
Jurek Podlejski
Location of story: 
Poland, Silesia
Background to story: 
Civilian
Article ID: 
A5728890
Contributed on: 
13 September 2005

My grandfather was taken as a force labourer where he was which was used to take the carts down to the steel mines. This train never moved even though it used to be alot.

Then one day the my grandpa put his foot onto the tracks and the train moved. This was a once in about 5 year occasion that it moved. It shatterd the bottem of his leg and he had to get it amputated. Then again and again because it got infected.
Now my grandfather doesnt have a leg.

Since I have known my grandfather I have never ever heard him say anything bad about the German people or Russians come to that !!!

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