Karl, If you are interested you can email to the museum at Stutthof and find the release papers for you uncle. I have mine for my relative. I think I paid them 2zl for a copy. Jim On Jul 22, 2007, at 1:35 AM, Karl von Loewe wrote: > One of my uncles was also interred at Stutthof and survived. > According to family, as soon as he was released he left for the > West, and we presume settled in Germany. To this day, we've no > idea of what happened to him. We do know of one of his brothers, > who was executed at Katyn. > > Karl von Loewe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Presenkowski" <jimpres1@mac.com> > To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 3:33 PM > Subject: Re: [PBS] Camps > > >> Rose, >> >> I had a relative who was picked up in Poland and taken to Stutthof on >> the >> Baltic sea. My first trip to Poland in 1978 he and I visited the >> camp where >> he was interred. He told me what happened in the camp and the daily >> routine. >> He cried as he told me about his time there. How they slept 7 to a >> bunk. How >> he was third in line at the gas chamber but the Germans needed >> workers for >> the road and he was spared. He was liberated and lived until 2004. >> And he >> had his number on his arm. He wrote about his life there. >> He was not Jewish but was a Catholic. >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> On Jul 19, 2007, at 9:15 PM, Jack and Rose wrote: >> >>> Hi Mary >>> I did not mean HAPPY as in JOY,, I meant "happy" glad that we did >>> get ENOUGH >>> COURAGE TO REALLY GO AND SEE THINGS FOR OURSELVES. >>> I know what you mean,,,,,, I was in such shock and horror the >>> entire time, >>> but NEEDED TO SEE THIS, I think everyone in the WORLD needs to see >>> this >>> My neighbors have their " tatoos" from Auswitz on their forearms >>> and they >>> have told us about watching their PARENTS DIE IN FRONT OF THEM >>> sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo we have learned first hand from >>> Survivors and >>> victims of this HORROR AND EVIL >>> >>> I did not want you to get the wrong impression, we were not HAPPY >>> to be >>> there >>> GRATEFUL TO GOD, really, for the courage and strength that he gave >>> us both >>> to GO TO SEE FOR OURSELVES, we were both nervous beforehand also >>> >>> Rose >>> >> >> Kuba Przedzienkowski >> jimpres1@mac.com >> kuba@przedzienkowski.com >> www.przedzienkowski.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-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 > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message Kuba Przedzienkowski jimpres1@mac.com kuba@przedzienkowski.com www.przedzienkowski.com