Following the Footsteps of Toruń's POWs: Registration

The former headquarters of Stalag XXA

View across the street of the Commandant of the camp's former house

Close up of the Commandant's house

Now the home of LACPOL spread cheese

Registration:

Once the prisoners of war were unloaded off the trains, they were first taken to Fort XVII which was used as the headquarters of Stalag XX-A prison camp. It was here that the prisoners were registered before being sent off to the other camps. It is now a cheese factory and is not open to the public.

Toruń Gingerbread

As well as being the birthplace of Copernicus, Toruń is famous for its delicious perniki (gingerbread). Tourists flock to the city to sample the fine moorish taste and there is even a gingerbread museum, where you can make your own tasty souvenir. Delicious indeed...but the receipe is top secret...so it would be impossible to recreate it again at home. The most famous gingerbread company is Kopernik (named appropriately after Copernicus). Their large factory lies to the east of the city. However, it is very difficult to get inside and tours are out of the question! Shame, really as a Cadbury World style attraction would certainly go down well here.

The picture shows one of the 4 gingerbread shops in the Old Town of Toruń. Expect queues of tourists on a daily basis lining up to buy all the many varieties of gingerbread!