Drop Your Weapons

Kazimierz Chomko, born in 1911, was an agent of peace. From 1939 to 1945, he was a soldier in the Polish Army, and acting under the Canadian flag he was a Tank Troop Commander. He landed on the Normandy Beach on D+6 and until the war ended he was continuously in action. Deeply religious, Kaz did not want to kill. "When in battle my gunners did not shoot to kill the enemy, but shot overhead. Instinctively, the enemy soldiers threw themselves on the ground. The infantry unit moved swiftly to take them as prisoners. During my six year war experience I did not kill and I did not get killed. There must be something in that for the future generations!"In Anna's preamble you can read about her childhood experiences of bombs falling and being shot at by sniper bullets.