Here's a few links for those interested in POW camps Camp Clinton, MS http://www.kilroywashere.org/004-Pages/JAN-Area/04-D-Jackson-POW.html Camp Hearn, TX http://nautarch.tamu.edu/anth/waters/ Greely, CO http://library.ci.fort-collins.co.us/local_history/topics/wwii/hist3b18.htm These are just a few I've found. I'm sure you can turn up more on a Google search for German POW Camp Allan R. Lenhardt 240 East Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 344-1424 (225) 223-3121 (cell) Life is God's novel. Let him write it. Isaac Beshevis Singer in Voices for Life (1975) -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sam Brungardt Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 1:25 AM To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GV] Ungrateful German POWs At peak times of farmwork, my dad used to drive to the Fort Hays Agricultural Experiment Station in Hays, Kan., and pick up a few POWs to help out on our farm. (I think these POWs were actually from Hastings, Neb., having been reassigned to various places, such as Hays, where farmers needed help. However, I don't remember dad saying anything about a guard accompanying them when he brought them out to our farm. At any rate, I think the disdain some POW's voiced for certain foods was generated by their experiences in POW camps before they were transported to the USA. One Friday my mother and her sister-in-law, knowing they had these special "guests" to feed, seined the draws on our farm and came up with quite a few fish and crayfish. They fried the fish and boiled the crayfish and served them with egg noodles that had been cooked and then fried in butter and a bowl of Great Northern beans. Upon seeing these treats on the dining table, the POW's registered their disdain and said that all they'd gotten to eat when they were POWs in England was "Fisch und Wassernudel." My mom and my aunt were very disappointed, having done their best to offer the POWs what we considered some of our favorite foods. And believe me, in those days fresh fish was a rare treat in western Kansas. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migratio n_HM_mini_2G_0507 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In Michigan there was a group of POWs kept in a camp near Croswell. My grandfather grew peas and the German POWs worked in the pea vinery, where they brought in the freshly cut pea vines which were then podded mechanically. They lugged boxes of fresh peas and worked on the stack for the used pea vines. My dad could speak German and talked with them nearly every load we took there. They were very happy to be here and not being shot at. They remarked that they had good food and most people treated them with respect. There were a couple narrow minded people who thought my dad shouldn't talk to them. I was probably only 8 or 9 years old but can remember them smiling and happy when my dad was talking to them.