Königstein is a town in Saxony with a population of almost 2100.  It's in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and on the banks of the River Biela. The town was first mentioned in 1379 as a settlement near the castle of  Königstein. It was named after the King of Bohemia.  During the Second World War, the castle was prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-B for Allied officers. Polish officers were imprisoned there after the Invasion of Poland in 1939. The officers were granted relative freedom and had a part of the fortress gardens at their disposal. All Polish army commanders were held there with the exception of two -  Generał dywizji Antoni Szylling and General Tadeusz Piskor. Szylling, after being freed by the Americans in 1945 decided not to return to Poland because of Soviet Russia and instead emigrated to France, then the United Kingdom, and finally to Canada in 1947. He lived on a farm at Abercorn, near Montreal. Piskor ended up emigrating to London but died in 1951.  Af...