Some 50km away from the walnut trees since November 1943 till September 8, 1944 it�s been situated a camp of pilot war prisoners. It was light the regime, the day started with gymnastics, then after breakfast the prisoners played chess, read books and newspapers delivered by the Swiss Mission in Sofia. The senior officers got wages of 30 dollars per week from the Ministry of War, and the junior got it from the Swiss Mission. Once in a week they visited the Public Baths, every two weeks they were seen by a doctor and the dentist downtown. They received mail. There was a small kiosk; weekly 240 boxes of cigarettes were sold. The total number of war prisoners was 329, most numerous of them were the Americans. There was English, Dutch, Australians, Serbian and Greek prisoners. The light regime was a good reason big part of the 9-member crews imprisoned on the territory of Romania to be diverted to Bulgaria.

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The story of the green rock - Forumshumen Blog, written by Okokorko