Poland Prophecy:
 At 9 years old I read a story
book called 'Poland- Land of the Rainbow'. I was transfixed and my imagination
roamed the country as if I was there. For years afterwards the same
strange name 'Posen' kept coming to my mind. I often heard the words
'Posen, Posen, Posen' being called out to me. I heard it in my mind
but it was as clear as a real voice.
During the war I fought in
Norway but was captured in 1940 and spent 5 years in various P.O.W.
camps. In 1945 I was on the 1,000 mile death march from Poland through
Czechoslovakia to Moosburgh Stalag 7A near Munich. During my imprisonment
the Germans put us on a train to do a propaganda march around a town.
The towns name was Posen.
From Posen we were taken
to a near-by camp called Fort Winiary. I befriended a Polish girl in
the kitchens who would give us extra food. One day she was able to get
us an English book. I couldn't believe my eyes when she gave it to me:
'Poland- Land of the Rainbows' - the very book that had triggered my
obsession with Posen all those years ago!!
Sydney B.
 It
makes you wonder if our future is already planned. Even as a child of
9 something in you knew that Posen would have a monumental impact upon
your life. Your story is remarkable.
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