I would also like to receive the compilation of stories. Thank you so much for doing this! Dian ddroth@charter.net -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ger-volga-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:21 PM To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Subject: GER-VOLGA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 198 Today's Topics: 1. Re: German POWs in WWII (GVLESS@aol.com) 2. Compilation of stories about POWs (Carla Wills-Brandon) 3. POW stories (PKoe662885@aol.com) 4. Re: POW stories (gpmartens@sbcglobal.net) 5. Re: POW stories (Charles Parcels) 6. Pytagosk, Russia (Joel Davies) 7. Pyatigorsk, Russia (Joel Davies) 8. FW: Compilation of stories about POWs (Shauna) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:30:56 EDT From: GVLESS@aol.com Subject: Re: [GV] German POWs in WWII To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <cdd.160cadd1.33c689f0@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Just thought you all ought to know that there are many websites on this subject on the internet. I just checked and and found 10 pages of listings. Now maybe one of you readers here can make sure our stories of the GRs that befriended the prisoners etc. can find a way to have a compilation of the GR stories available on the internet. I will look forward to a compilation of this in the AHSGR Journal or wherever it goes. Some years ago I was in correspondence by e-mail to someone who was working on compiling all the locations of the German POW camps in the USA and was trying to set up some sort of archive with names as well so that this could be accessed by the computer. This person even had some special exhibits set for use at various "fairs" around the U.S. Has anyone seen such?? For some reason I can not locate in my many files this source since having moved to a retirement home this past year. This subject does make a very interesting story and should be out there for others to know about. Especially how our own people, the GRs, were helpful to these prisoners. Thank you all for sharing at this time. Virginia Less ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:20:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Carla Wills-Brandon <drsbrandon@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [GV] Compilation of stories about POWs To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <455638.42037.qm@web81212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 And me! Carla J Welch <jwelch3@verizon.net> wrote: I would also like to receive it too. Thanks jwelch3@verizon.net > > Marvin, > > Please add me to the list! > > Thanks! > > -- > > Kevin Rupp > 2301 Canal Blvd > Hays, Ks. 67601 > krupp@ruraltel.net > www.volgagerman.net > volgagerman@ruraltel.net > Sunflower Chapter > > > > > > > >> From: Thelma Mills >> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:39:15 -0700 >> To: >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [GV] Compilation of stories about POWs >> >> I also would like a copy - and thank you so much for gathering these >> stories. Thelma Mills >> >> On 7/11/07, Larry Miller wrote: >>> >>> Hello Marvin. >>> >>> Please add me to the list of folks to receive your compilation of >>> stories >>> shared about German POWs. And thanks for doing it! >>> >>> Larry Miller / Spearfish, SD >>> dakotamillers@rushmore.com >>> www.galeymiller.org >>> www.blackhillsmonitor.blogspot.com >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unterdorf/index.html >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> Message: 4 >>> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:13:47 -0400 >>> From: Marven C Weitzel >>> Subject: Re: [GV] POW's >>> To: Okieraven@aol.com >>> Cc: ger-volga@rootsweb.com >>> Message-ID: <20070710.141347.1724.0.marvenw@juno.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> I am an editor and have been compiling these letters in a desktop >>> publisher. When I finish, I'll be glad to forward you a copy in a >>> format >>> you can use. >>> >>> Marven Weitzel >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.mariental-louis.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/894 - Release Date: 7/10/2007 > 5:44 PM > > ------------------------------- 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 Carla Wills-Brandon, Ph.D. www.carlawillsbrandon.com Death is just a bus stop before the next trip! ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:21:50 EDT From: PKoe662885@aol.com Subject: [GV] POW stories To: GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <bff.1b31c330.33c695de@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I was the one who started the POW stories and I'm glad it took such interest. Yes Marvin, please put me on your list of compilation of stories about POW'S. My next question, I didn't hear from anyone in California. Did California have German POW"S ??? We had at least two camps here in the fruit country of Berrien County, Michigan. The Benton Harbor Armory and a camp at the end of Oxbow Road in Sodus, Michigan. Paul Koehler Village Coordinator for Stahl am Tarlyk and Bangert. 1468 St Joseph Circle St Joseph, MI 49085 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:42:54 -0500 From: gpmartens@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [GV] POW stories To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4694FA7E.29674.4EFD959@gpmartens.sbcglobal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Found this information: "Smithsonian" magazine of June 1995; pages 126-143; titled: "By Convention, the enemy within never did without." During W.W.II, 375,000 German prisoners of war lived so well in US POW camps that thousands migrated back to become citizens. Also referenced in this article are these: "Nazi Prisoners of War in America" by Arnold Krammer, Stein and Day [Briarcliff Manor, New York], 1979. "Hitler's Last Soldier in America" by Georg Gaertner, Stein and Day, 1985. "Stalag: U.S.A." by Judith M. Gansberg, Thomas Y. Crowell [New York], 1977. "Prisoners of War" by Ronald H. Bailey, W.W.II series [Vol. 30], Time-Life Books [Alexandria, Virginia], 1981. "The Faustball Tunnel" by John Hammond Moore, Random House, 1978. Any of these can probably be gotten through your local public library. The German prisoners held at many of the central Plain's States POW camps were much appreciated for their vital labor while on work details to help with seeding, haying, harvesting in the area. Many POW work details were so trusted that guards were few. However, military service training expects any soldier captured will make every effort to escape and return to their country's service. The above: "Faustball Tunnel" article relates the German POWs (in Arizona, I believe) and their great tunneling & engineering efforts to escape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Camp Concordia,German POW's in the MidWest, by Lowell A. May, Published September 1985 Camp Concordia in Wilkipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Concordia Camp Concordia: http://www.kansasphototour.com/concordia.htm ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:30:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Charles Parcels <volgager4440@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [GV] POW stories To: PKoe662885@aol.com Cc: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <415391.97332.qm@web62302.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 With all due respect, I was the one who started it going. C.P PKoe662885@aol.com wrote: I was the one who started the POW stories and I'm glad it took such interest. Yes Marvin, please put me on your list of compilation of stories about POW'S. My next question, I didn't hear from anyone in California. Did California have German POW"S ??? We had at least two camps here in the fruit country of Berrien County, Michigan. The Benton Harbor Armory and a camp at the end of Oxbow Road in Sodus, Michigan. Paul Koehler Village Coordinator for Stahl am Tarlyk and Bangert. 1468 St Joseph Circle St Joseph, MI 49085 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:19:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Davies <daviesodetojoy@verizon.net> Subject: [GV] Pytagosk, Russia To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <572754.36799.qm@web84112.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi! \ Anyone have any information on Pytagosk, Russia? My relatives (at least 2 generations) were from this area of Russia. Their surnames were Schwindt and Keckler. Jeanne Davies daviesodetojoy@verizon.net ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:23:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Davies <daviesodetojoy@verizon.net> Subject: [GV] Pyatigorsk, Russia To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <273736.64527.qm@web84104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I am looking for any information on Pyatigorsk, Russia. My relatives came from that area of Russia. Their surnames are Schwindt and Kechler. Thanks! Jeanne Davies daviesodetojoy@verizon.net ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:20:45 -0500 From: "Shauna" <shauna@libsack.com> Subject: [GV] FW: Compilation of stories about POWs To: <GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <031501c7c41a$7fefbc40$6401a8c0@F52F2867C1364CC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Marvin, Please include me in your distribution list as well. Many thanks! Shauna Libsack shauna@libsack.com -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rosemary Larson Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:03 PM To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GV] Compilation of stories about POWs Hi Marven,, I would like receiving the compilation also. This is great for you to do this. Thanks so much, Rosemary Larson larso260@tc.umn.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Miller" <dakotamillers@rushmore.com> To: <ger-volga@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:30 AM Subject: [GV] Compilation of stories about POWs Hello Marvin. Please add me to the list of folks to receive your compilation of stories shared about German POWs. And thanks for doing it! Larry Miller / Spearfish, SD dakotamillers@rushmore.com www.galeymiller.org www.blackhillsmonitor.blogspot.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unterdorf/index.html -----Original Message----- Message: 4 Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:13:47 -0400 From: Marven C Weitzel <marvenw@juno.com> Subject: Re: [GV] POW's To: Okieraven@aol.com Cc: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20070710.141347.1724.0.marvenw@juno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am an editor and have been compiling these letters in a desktop publisher. When I finish, I'll be glad to forward you a copy in a format you can use. 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