[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polish town name.

Günther Böhm GHBoehm at ish.de
Tue Sep 5 12:19:19 PDT 2006


RM schrieb:

>My mom spent WWII in  a town called Kahler Hügel west of the city of
>Wielun.  I am trying to find this town on a map, but I don't know what
>the Polish name would be.  Can someone help me with this?
>Rob Miller
>Saskatoon, Canada
>
Hello Rob,
did she mention a railway station? The settlement surrounding the 
railway station of Biala, 10 km wnw of Wielun, is called Biala Kopiec. 
This means in German Weißer Hügel (white hill). Of course white means 
bald (kahl) too since it refers to the white color of the sand.

Günther




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