Richard Mooneys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceTennessee U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Reached Allied lines, Donald F. Turner YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Luther W. Davidson It felt like it was their primary objective to demean and humiliate all prisoners, but especially incoming prisoners. trailer Serial Number6956161 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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), Charles A. R.R. Service Number6146826 U.S. Army, Air Corps Frequently prisoners speaking the same language, for example British Commonwealth soldiers, were permitted to intermingle. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Sergeant Your file is uploaded and ready to be published. Correction to basic details:http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=camps&cmp=Stalag+17b+Braunau+Gnei, Associated prisoners of the 457th Bomb Group from http://www.457thbombgroup.org/POW/POW.html, Justin Sturak grandson of Stanley J Sturak. WX14366 Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Serial Number17040065 Private First Class 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). Anthony N. Proto Handy exacted a measure of revenge by facilitating the only successful escape from Stalag 17-B. Serial Number12017070 Private State of ResidenceKansas Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 %%EOF 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), Wesley A. Goettel Private First Class If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261045 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. U.S. Army, Air CorpsArmy Air Forces Bottom photo: The prisoners tag (above) and dog tag of Stalag 17-B prisoner Lloyd Kern, a B-17 ball-turret gunner with he US 303rd Bomb Group, known as Hells Angels. 32432937 ( Stalag 17B, Barrack # 17B) (303 rd BG, Squadron. Serial Number12016884 West U.S. Army Sherwood, Nottingham U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists two servicemen with the last name of Kirschner from New York who were detained by Germany. Serial Number33136594 Corporal See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Address from Armie Hills address book: 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 6D Dortmund Prussia 51-07), Joseph Raffeo Serial Number12007147 Free for 7 months before being recaptured and sent to Germany, where he spent another year in Stalag VIIA Moosburg (Germany), Stalag IVB Muhlberg (Germany), and Stalag Esdenmein Serial Number6871722 Serial Number6906252 Alexander M. Haddon with the following aims and objectives: (3) To help men to plan for post-war educational and vocational activities. Captured near Tunis on December 3, 1942 On his 9th mission, his B-17 was attacked by flak guns and a swarm of Nazi fighter planes. State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceKentucky U.S. Army, InfantryRifle The ingredients used for our meals soon convinced me that the best way to eat was to sit in a dark corner of our barracks and not think about what I was eating, Kriegie William E. Rasmussen recalled. Duard W. Payne Serial Number36216941 0000001403 00000 n This address for Harry Foster is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Harry Foster According to Nazi ideology, Slavic people were regarded as rassisch minderwertig ("racially inferior"). 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), Edwin M. Majeski They were refugees from the infamous stalag near Krems, Austria, 280 miles to the east. State of Residenceunlisted He considered himself lucky to have survived. Source: 1994 Directory of American Prisoners of War 1943 - 1945 Stalag 17 B. Adams, Robert F. This address for Ronald Bones is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Ronald Bones 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 J. Procko, Jr. 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. Did Joseph Raffeo escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 6D Dortmund? Camp 59 POW Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke said her father knew Arthur Harris. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private Steve Shedlocks name and address were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Staff Sergeant State of ResidenceIndiana [Mississippi], Captured near Kasserine Pass in North Africa, Interned in Camp 98 on Sicily for 28 days before being transferred to Camp 59, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943 with Willis Largent; 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), Sources: an interview with John O. Everett; John O. Everetts son John O. Everett, Jr. and daughter Sandra Everett Barnett, Eugene C. Excell State of ResidenceIllinois Serial Number33114113 Serial Number15088456 126 S. Ellwood Ave. Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya Grey managed the improbable only through a series of rendezvous with contacts who helped him make his way through Yugoslavia. U.S. Army, Infantry While this process was ostensibly to keep a tally on prisoners and to detect escapees, the process was often cruel. Source: Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, referencing Gilbert Broadbent in Behind Enemy Lines, C. A. Hollis is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling.. George Shorters name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Service Number7586544 U.S. Army, Rifle New Road 12th Royal Lancers, British Army 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), Bud David State of ResidencePennsylvania William R. Walter Serial Number12021619 Serial Number14002753 Serial Number33090208 State of ResidenceSouth Carolina Repatriated November 1943 by a British 8th Army patrol, Bernard Petrulis Technician, Grade 4 In fact the number of the latter increased from 445 in March 43 to 913 two months later, that is in June when the Red Cross delegates inspected the camp for the last time. Corporal 20701847recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Service Number5774137 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number7080390 Like this page to receive our updates. Hubert G. Dewey Alkcus Stokes U.S. Army, service branch unlisted Thanks to the fine photoshopping skills of Bob Penoyer, by overlaying the map on a Google image, you can see its location today near Krems, Austria, and more specifically, the town of Gneixendorf. Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) 16th Parachute Field Ambulance 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). Kenneth C. Robertson Jesse E. Kirk He drew attention to the fact that the Gestapo has become an integral part of the Wehrmacht since the Reichfuhrer SS has taken over the Supreme command of the Erstazheer. 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 Hines Blain Prewitt See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. There was usually no room to sit or lie down. U.S. Army, Infantry Middle photo: Some personal items that belonged to Paul "Flash" Gordon, a B-17 ball-turret gunner with the US 327th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, while he was at Stalag 17-B. Even without a radio, though, the Americans at Stalag 17-B could tell something was happening in April 1945. Private Did Billy England escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria? J. W. T. Duffield Among the first to escape through the hole in the camps west wall, with fellow SAS soldier J. G. Whitlow on September 14, 1943, H. Schofield 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 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Clifford H. Houben Royal Army Medical Corps Special Air Service Private First Class Oelwein, Iowa, James Collins New York, Al Buttacavolis name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., V. J. Button He stated, Hardly anyone knows (that) the largest prisoner of war camp in Austria was located here in Krems.. Name of creator. 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 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Henry Kane Private U.S. Army, Infantry For my new World War II novel, I wanted to include this place in my storyline. 142 Montrose Street Welwyn Garden City Freeborn's next two years would be spent at the infamous Stalag VII B Braunau Gneikendorf, Germany, near Krems, Austria. Also, there was often no shelter from the weather, which could be very cold in the Polish and Belarusian winter. Dale E. Bechtel U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private Ronald James Jim McMahon Allentown, Pennsylvania, Source: Chicago Tribune article War diary returns after 63 years, January 25, 2007. Serial Number6956922 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle He was Nazi prisoner number 105921. Reached Allied lines, Charles K. Simmons Australia, Source: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington, Thomas David Alman A. Willis 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One), Captured at Long Stop Hill, near Medjez el Bab, Tunisia on December 23, 1942, Interned in Camp 98, Sicily, for one month, Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943; recaptured by German paratroopers nine days later, After recapture, Ralph Hoag was interned at Muhlberg, Stalag IV-B, Stalag II-B at Hammerstein, Stalag III-B Furstenberg on Oder, and Stalag III-A at Luckenwalde, Herman J. Hochman Serial Number36052038 State of ResidenceNew York Robert Chandler Private First Class Gilbert D. LoonamSerial No. Serial Number34012643 Serial Number38023144 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force The prisoners focused most of their creative energies on making their lives more bearable. Private It was their first encounter with Nazi Germanys tormented, mostly Jewish political prisoners. Private Serial Number34138090 Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler [United Kingdom], Leslie Worthington Stanley Bentley Private Joe MalySerial No. The author was in Germany's Stalag 17B, force- marched across Austria, and had a.Stalag Luft IV Details.The first 64 POWs arrived in Stalag Luft 4 on May 14, 1944. U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceGeorgia Camp 59 internmentMarch 13, 1942May 24, 1943, Peter J. Calvagno Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. State of ResidencePennsylvania Montello Street Box 132 Serial Number37042238 All the POWs present in the camp escaped en masse the evening of 14 September 1943; exactly six days after the Armistice had been announced.. Serial Number33189164 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Reached Allied lines, Dwight L. Dulaney Western Australia, Captured at El Alamein the night of July 27, 1942, Repatriated at British Headquarters on June 26, 1944, Sources: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington; Red Cross service record, Leon Wuzzardo 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). Was taken by this unit down the Adriatic Sea coast to the British 8th Army at Bari, Italy, on October 25, 1943. Frederick W. Solberg Technical Sergeant 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). U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number12010340 Service Number3196639 Private Milasius. 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), Edward D. Hasman Freeport, Tex. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. The most noticeable is the work of an Austrian artist who created four markers on the corners of the original site. [Texas]. This address for Charles Holt is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Charles Holt I was thrown through its rickety door before I could even react. This Charles A. Perkins, however, is listed as being from Illinois on his enlistment records. Corporal Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 9, Object number: UPL 54567 - [Lincolnshire] He was originally from McKean County, Pennsylvania, but he enlisted in Olean, New York. Spent a month in Camp 98 on Sicily before being transferred to Camp 59. 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), William Wood, 3rd Claude J. Cole U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residenceunlisted PP 11018 1- (17-19)-45. 9th Infantry Division Folder. 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, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Soviet prisoners began to arrive and eventually dominated the camp. 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