On April 26, 1945, Soviet troops took over the camp grounds in Ellerbeker street. Two days later, like thousands of other returnees, Józef Przedpełski and his wife and child headed back to Poland.
Return to Where?
Return to Sender!
Berlin has already been conquered!
Letter to his mother sent during the three weeks of the return.
Back to where?
Józef Przedpełski summarizes what was for him the worst about his time in Berlin.
Address:
Behmstraße / Badstraße
13357 Berlin
Directions:
S/U Gesundbrunnen
Sources:
“Berlin has already been conquered!”: Private archive Przedpełski
“Back to where?”: Interview with Józef Przedpełski, 2004, Collection of the Berliner Geschichtswerkstatt
Station