I remember as a child my father using POW to thin beets and top beets and we lived in the Ault area at that time. The prisoners would come out on a truck with guards and my parents told us kids they would not harm us and tried to explain to us why they were in America. My mother always fixed a big lunch for them which was fried potatoes, fried hamburgers, and vegetables from the garden. They would come in from the fields and eat in the shade on the grass in the yard. After the camp in Windsor was closed, my Aunt and Uncle, John and Louise Schlothauer purchased some of the land and the house they lived in was right where the camp started. The house and other houses are still there. Joyce Helzer Philabaum ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Parcels<mailto:volgager4440@yahoo.com> To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com<mailto:ger-volga@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 1:34 PM Subject: [GV] INFO. TO ALL I remember my mother stating to me that when she visited her Volga German relatives in Colorado during the 2nd world war, <she, visiting from n.y. > she observed German prisoners working on the sugar beet farms. The Volga Germans would always try to talk to them on the other side of the fence, but the Guards would chase them away. I believe it was somewhere near Wiggins, Colorado. Thought I might share this with all of you "Landsmann" out there. Charles Parcels < Weibert aus Messer > --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message