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there were, however, doubts in both German and Polish camps as to where the
Morstin's loyalty lay due to their German origins. In 1943, Morstin replied to a German government letter questioning his German background that he was "a Pole and had no German roots". Morstin used his outhouses and estate
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and housed peasant families within the palace itself. Two stone lions were removed from the estate in 1966 and can now be seen in front of the
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Proszowice - Zarys dziejów do 1939 roku"; pod redakcją Feliksa Kiryka; "Secesja" Kraków 2000
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and ended the war with the rank of major. As a result of his services to the
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