Nikolay Stalezky> August 20, 1944
1 Nikolay Stalezky
Prisoner of war Nikolay Stalezky. Escape in the wrong direction
Lochau, August 20, 1944
“Subject: Stalezky Nikolay, escaped Russian prisoner of war, apprehension.
Reference: without incident.”
In August 1944, the Russian prisoner of war Nikolay Stalezky gets lost in Lochau. He is on the run from a prisoner-of-war camp in the Salzburg region and believes he will reach Switzerland by this route on the shores of Lake Constance. Instead, he is picked up by a police patrol.
The Gendarmerie district post in Bregenz reports the case to the team headquarters camp 317, 18 C in Markt Pongau, as well as to the district administrator of the Bregenz district, the commander of the gendarmerie at the Reich Governor in Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Innsbruck, and the Innsbruck criminal investigation department.
Nikolay Stalezky states that he was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, on February 25, 1906, that he was not Jewish, but Christian Orthodox and a carpenter by trade, son of Peter Stalezky and Anna, née Scherbakow, living in Kharkov. He was a Russian prisoner of war and had been held in Stalag II D, in Labor Command 1090 in Neumarkt under prisoner number 79028 until his escape.
Now he is waiting for his removal in the prisoner house in Bregenz Oberstadt.
“The objects which the fugitive was carrying,” the protocol notes, “were taken from him and seized by the Gendarmerie Kreisposten Bregenz. They will be handed over to the commando escorting him back.
When questioned about the matter, the fugitive stated as follows: On July 18, 1944, I escaped from the prisoner-of-war camp in Neumarkt and covered the distance from Neumarkt to Lake Constance on foot according to an escape route plan I had drawn up myself. I made my living on the run from field crops and from allowances I received from Eastern workers on the way. Other people did not help me to escape. In Bregenz-Lochau I was arrested by a border patrol. I was under the impression that I was already in Switzerland.
The Landeschützenkompanie in Dornbirn was informed of the arrest by telephone.
The Innsbruck Criminal Police Office was informed by means of RKP form no. 28 and fingerprint cards.”[1]
[1] Gendarmerie Kreisposten Bregenz an Mannschaftstammlager 317 XVIII C in Markt Pongau, 20.8.1944, VLA Bregenz
1 Nikolay Stalezky
Prisoner of war Nikolay Stalezky. Escape in the wrong direction
Lochau, August 20, 1944
“Subject: Stalezky Nikolay, escaped Russian prisoner of war, apprehension.
Reference: without incident.”
In August 1944, the Russian prisoner of war Nikolay Stalezky gets lost in Lochau. He is on the run from a prisoner-of-war camp in the Salzburg region and believes he will reach Switzerland by this route on the shores of Lake Constance. Instead, he is picked up by a police patrol.
The Gendarmerie district post in Bregenz reports the case to the team headquarters camp 317, 18 C in Markt Pongau, as well as to the district administrator of the Bregenz district, the commander of the gendarmerie at the Reich Governor in Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Innsbruck, and the Innsbruck criminal investigation department.
Nikolay Stalezky states that he was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, on February 25, 1906, that he was not Jewish, but Christian Orthodox and a carpenter by trade, son of Peter Stalezky and Anna, née Scherbakow, living in Kharkov. He was a Russian prisoner of war and had been held in Stalag II D, in Labor Command 1090 in Neumarkt under prisoner number 79028 until his escape.
Now he is waiting for his removal in the prisoner house in Bregenz Oberstadt.
“The objects which the fugitive was carrying,” the protocol notes, “were taken from him and seized by the Gendarmerie Kreisposten Bregenz. They will be handed over to the commando escorting him back.
When questioned about the matter, the fugitive stated as follows: On July 18, 1944, I escaped from the prisoner-of-war camp in Neumarkt and covered the distance from Neumarkt to Lake Constance on foot according to an escape route plan I had drawn up myself. I made my living on the run from field crops and from allowances I received from Eastern workers on the way. Other people did not help me to escape. In Bregenz-Lochau I was arrested by a border patrol. I was under the impression that I was already in Switzerland.
The Landeschützenkompanie in Dornbirn was informed of the arrest by telephone.
The Innsbruck Criminal Police Office was informed by means of RKP form no. 28 and fingerprint cards.”[1]
[1] Gendarmerie Kreisposten Bregenz an Mannschaftstammlager 317 XVIII C in Markt Pongau, 20.8.1944, VLA Bregenz