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Searching for Soldier Tom: BBC helps unravel mystery of Soviet prisoner hidden by British family

From El Nacional · () Spanish

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  • The BBC is helping investigate the identity and fate of a Soviet prisoner of war known as Bokejon, or Tom.
  • He was among about 2,000 Soviet prisoners and forced laborers brought to Jersey to build Nazi fortifications during World War II.
  • A British family hid him, but the available account identifies him only by his first name.

He was known only as Bokejon, or simply Tom. During World War II, the Soviet prisoner of war was among approximately 2,000 prisoners and forced laborers taken to Jersey to build Nazi fortifications.

A British family hid him, leaving behind a mystery that the BBC is now helping to investigate. His full identity and what happened to him remain at the center of the search described by the article.

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