 However, after just only over a week in France they transferred him to another hospital that was part of Dulag Luft near Frankfurt, where his treatment was much more stern.Once processed he was transferred to Stalag Luft III near Sagan, now Żagań in Poland, in mid-September 1943.The reality of the situation in the Stalag system was even more dire and cruel, where life often hinged on having enough to eat.