Finding soldier Tom: Solving family mystery of WW2 Soviet prisoner of war
He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.
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"Our dear Uncle Tom, we loved him so much. He is my main memory of the war, and his photo is still by my bedside."
— Dulcie Le Breton , Other
"Our dear Uncle Tom, we loved him so much. He is my main memory of the war, and his photo is still by my bedside."
— Dulcie Le Breton , Other
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He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.
The Le Breton family held on to this picture of Soviet prisoner of war "Tom" in the hope of finding out what had happened to him
He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.
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