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";s:4:"text";s:21475:"U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Bailgate, Lincoln Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Address from Armie Hills address book: POW) "enlisted" "main camp". 4th Milner The aircraft was 42-5877. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry The gaunt prisoners felt lucky to see the men known as the Black Cats. Serial Number33136497 [Kansas]. Kalgoorie 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Benjamin F. Farley What am I doing in the middle of a grove of trees taking a selfie with an old concrete foundation? Serial Number35000295 State of ResidenceNew York Private Reached Allied lines, Leon Haduk Repatriated November 1943 by a British 8th Army patrol, Bernard Petrulis 5 State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersEngineer Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Melvin Whitfield Serial Number12020303 Private First Class AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY Prepared by MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAR DEPARTMENT 1 November 1945 Restricted Classification Removed Per STALAG 17B (Air Force Non-Commissioned Officers) Location - Stalag 17B was situated 100 meters northwest of Gneixendorf, a village which is six kilometers northwest of Krems, Austria (48 27 N . Milton A. Benz, Jr. Hmo0SDc;R.KE Serial Number32066473 7th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment U.S. Army, Infantry Lowell, Mass. No. State of ResidenceOhio WX17234 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), John A. This address for Micheal Lacy is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Micheal W. Lacy The prisoners regret they are not in an Air Force camp. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry Despite inclement weather, the Kriegies (The German word for war prisoner was Kriegsgefangener or Kriegies for short) would stand for hours while the guards conducted an extensive roll call, inspecting ID tags and comparing the faces with their photographs. Captured June 15, 1941Fort Capuzzo, Libya Private In the artists own description of the work, he points out that few people in Krems are aware of the sordid history that existed in their hometown. As General George S. Pattons Third Army smashed its way across Germany toward Austria, it began liberating thousands of German captivesHitlers starving, mostly Jewish political prisoners and captured Allied soldiers and airmen. Today, the overgrown trees and moss-covered cement walls are all that physically remains. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Salvatore Trischitta Serial Number33123750 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle The blame for the bad conditions, which existed at this camp, had been placed on Oberst Kuhn who was both unreasonable and uncooperative. Escaped with an American paratrooper and several British soldiers through a tunnel from Camp 59 on September 8, 1943 when word of Italian armistice reached the camp, and before the general escape from camp on September 14. Private [Lincolnshire, United Kingdom]. #1 Technical Sergeant State of ResidenceOklahoma Serial Number34059558 The most noticeable is the work of an Austrian artist who created four markers on the corners of the original site. 5115 Schuler Ave. State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number38151547 According to the German governments own post-war figures, of the 5.7 million Russian POWs held by the Nazis, 3.3 million died. Private Each barracks had its own elected leader, who reported to Kurtenbach and his security team in a barracks building referred to as the White House. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Source: George Wales son-in-law Tom Hill. Trooper Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Reached Allied lines, Source: The National Archives, United Kingdom State of ResidenceIowa Serial Number12017271 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle WX14635 Private First Class Perhaps he was stationed there before going overseas. State of ResidenceIowa U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Royal Armoured Corps, Was at Camp 59 March 11, 1942 until June 3, 1943, Allen A. Coombs The only food furnished to PWs by the German authorities was barley soup and bread. Private 1st Battalion, The Buffs Dundee, Angus Scotland. Four additional barracks were added in early 1944, but two other were torn down because they were considered by the Germans to be too close to the fence, thus making it possible for PWs to build tunnels for escape purposes. PP 7034 12-7-44. Keith Argraves name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceCalifornia Private First Class Officers were held in separate camps called Oflag. Serial Number12007147 Commandant stated that no complaint had yet reached him, but that he would take steps to remove guards unsuited to their work. Serial Number6975802 R. R. 1 Private First Class William W. HurleySerial No. Malverne, Long Island John O. Everett in an interview said that William Helmley is from Savannah, Georgia, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943; William Helmley and Owen Frye were protected by the Marcozzi family near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Orville A. Higgins Grimsby [North East Lincolnshire] Serial Number20704916 London Irish Rifles Corporal Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11). U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army1st Armored Division, 6th Regiment, Company C State of ResidencePennsylvania Turned over to American 5th Army military authorities. They were refugees from the infamous stalag near Krems, Austria, 280 miles to the east. Private Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Marshall Brekke Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Leroy C. David American planes appeared overhead almost daily, while thunderous flashes of light to the east confirmed the approach of Russians seeking vengeance for atrocities the Germans had committed on them earlier in the war. Box #6 Private Maurice Ernest Snow French Private Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Shot down while on a bombing mission in the Mediterranean, Interned at Camp 59 for three months; made friends with a guard and escaped over the fence with two comrades, Recaptured by Germans and interned at Stalag 17-B until close to the end of the war, Sources: Frederick Solbergs son Andrew Solberg; filmed interview of Frederick Solberg created by Stoneham Theatre in conjunction with their 2009 production of Studs Terkels The Good War: A Musical Collage of WWII, Donald J. Sonnega State of ResidenceIndiana Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, Tony Spicola, and Felice D. Vacca, W. E. Cannon Telephone 2541, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943 with John O. Everett; both men were protected by Nazareno Lupi and his wife for nine months (the Lupi family lived near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno), Ernest P. Lawrence State of ResidenceWest Virginia Two separate wire fences charges with electricity surrounded the area and four watchtowers equipped with machine guns were placed at strategic points. I was surprised by the impression I felt that this was hallowed ground. Middleton 84th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery The camp was filled with enlisted men, and under the terms of the Geneva Convention, they could not be required to work. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. A second issue was made a few days later of one parcel for every fifth man. Private State of ResidenceIllinois Haddon was assisted by a staff composed of instructors, librarians, a secretary, and office help. Bernie Abrams. Private Staff Sergeant Corporal 459 South Rowan Avenue Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), James B. Pond, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany. Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Krager 20701884is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), J. M. Greenshields Telephone 55206, Charles J. Stewart Turned over to the Italians and interned at Camp 59 Lincoln, Lincolnshire Once I found one foundation, I kept finding more. The refugees were sergeants of the US Army Air Forces, most of whom had begun their lives under the Nazi boot the same way. Private (Driver 4532572) James Kavana escaped from Camp 59, was recaptured by the Germans, and then escaped again. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) The address above is also on Cliffords list. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), William Nizza Captured on the ground, the American pilots, bombardiers, flight engineers, and assorted gunners and other crewmen were first funneled into a processing center, Dulag Luft, near Frankfurt, Germany, for interrogation. Jacob Stiners name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army Air Corps Captured December 1, 1942Tunis, Tunesia After hearing Rays story, it inspired me to read other first-hand accounts Stalag 17b. Corporal Red Gross parcels were issued to each man in sufficient amounts to last about seven days. Source: Henry Kanes son George Kane, Richard Kane 0000006984 00000 n Address from an envelope featured on metropostcard.com, Fred R. Phillips U.S. Army, Infantry Groeslon High Wycombe, Bucks. Corporal State of ResidenceNew Jersey Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Kenneth J. Wagner Did Earl Linaweaver escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Address from Armie Hills address book: State of Residenceunlisted Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). of War Data File for Stalag 17B. Kings Norton 77 Weetamoe Street Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated but no camp is listed). Corporal Serial Number20701910 Signalman Service Number614025 U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceIndiana U.S. Army, Infantry Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Marvin Varnes 0000000016 00000 n Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). To get feel for the place. Sergeant [New Mexico]. Service Number1086472 State of ResidenceKansas Arrived in Camp 59 on March 1, 1943 The Third Geneva Convention, Section III, Article 49, permits non-commissioned personnel of lower ranks to be used for work in agriculture and industry, but not in any industry producing war material. 5539 Beacon Avenue North Finchley State of Residenceunlisted My uncle, Porter D. Clemens, was a POW here. Serial Number12016278 Serial Number33116580 This address for Charles Holt is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Charles Holt (54) Treatment of these other prisoners varied widely, depending on their nationality. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Service Number5342465 4217 S. 23rd Street Service Number1559674 Sergeant Yorkshire Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Ivan T. Simpson U.S. Army, Infantry Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. England. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed). Brooklyn, N.Y. [New York]. Lance Corporal Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer, Captured December 6, 1942 in Tunisia Captured in Tebourba, Tunisia on December 6, 1942. C. Cowley Was taken by this unit down the Adriatic Sea coast to the British 8th Army at Bari, Italy, on October 25, 1943. Pte. <<08A4E18E2E986D4A88491B7C2608C279>]>> Serial Number32302560 This address for Aurther Harris is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Aurther Harris E Company Sergeant Service Number5493563 Serial Number12026083 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Franklin Nettles Harry Kirschners name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Robert H. Williams Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Ralph N. Astin U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residencenot listed The camps consisted of a field with barbed wire around it, in which thousands of people were crammed together. On three occasions the men were quartered in cow barns. A postwar inquiry found that in less than two years of American captivity, there were about 30 recorded cases of guards striking PW [POWs] with bayonets, pistols, and rifle butt. Private Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated but no camp is listed), David E. Riding U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number13069951 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Francis A. Thomas Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Kenneth E. Gaddy Bernard P. Robinson Serial Number12016884 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer State of ResidenceMissouri British Army, In Camp 59 from December 30, 1942 until he was transferred in February 1943 to Camp 53 (Sforzacosta), At Camp 59 he was housed in Hut 10Bed 1158, Source: Edward Smiths grandson Rodney Smith, Robert Smith Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11). Serial Number37140882 Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. Private (About 200 sick prisoners stayed behind, and were liberated by Russians on May 9.) Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Camp leader at Camp 59 from February 1942 to September 1942, Donald A. Penton Serial Number34149584 State of ResidenceKansas He stated, Hardly anyone knows (that) the largest prisoner of war camp in Austria was located here in Krems.. More Soviet prisoners of war died every day in Nazi camps during the Autumn of 1941 than the total number of Western Allied POWs in the entire war.[3]. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Vernon R. Catterton Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Alec. Sheltered by the family of Attilio Tulli at Verchiano and by the Spuntarelli family at Croce di Rocca Franca Harold Adkins Tylers Green Serial Number37073082 To get more articles like this one, subscribe to America in WWII magazine. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ernest Dale Initially used to detain the hapless prisoners of Germanys early blitzkriegs, Stalag Luft 17-B (Stalag Luft, short for Stammlager Luft, or prison camp for airmen, and 17-B because it was the second prison camp in the German 17th military district) was opened to American POWs in 1943. https://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2015/12/27/charles-simmons-recovered-bowling-ring/, John Davies 14038487is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 253 20 Service Number967031 Interned at Lamsdorf Stalag VIII-B after the Armistice An example of extreme brutality occurred in early 1944. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), George E. Good, Jr. State of ResidenceKentucky Serial Number35100087 I'm told that he was able to meet with several of his former crew mates. U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Division David E. Ridings name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Raymond Cox Serial Number13078670 Route 1 Serial Number15055023 Stalag 17B was situated 100 meters northwest of the village of Gniekendorf. 35. Source: Robert A. Newton, who corresponded with or met former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees, also told me of Mario Barone. ";s:7:"keyword";s:28:"stalag 17b list of prisoners";s:5:"links";s:439:"Trace Adkins Navy Seal, Wotlk Mining Guide 1 450, Funeral Homes In West Liberty, Ky, Articles S
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