Post by connie on Aug 26, 2021 15:38:10 GMT -5
OVERVIEW of CAMPS that Held Members of the 106th 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/752/thread
MAP of GERMAN POW CAMPS: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4961/thread
FINDING a POW's WORK CAMP: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
Stalag VIII A - east of Görlitz, Germany (now Zgorzelec, Poland)- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-A -
According to Wikipedia: "in late December 1944 1,800 Americans arrived that were taken in the Battle of the Bulge. February 14, 1945 the Americans and British were marched out of the camp westward in advance of the Soviet offensive into Germany[/i]."
Under Notable inmates is mention that: "It was there that Olivier Messiaen, a French prisoner, finished composing Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time), a famous work of chamber music. With the help of some Germans, he was able to assemble three other POWs to help him perform the piece for the rest of the camp." The performance of this piece occurred in 1941. So, while this was an amazing occasion, if it was not performed again, it wouldn't be something that prisoners from the 106th would have heard. www.therestisnoise.com/2004/04/quartet_for_the_2.html
Finding a POW's Work Camp: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
106th CONNECTIONS:
List of 423 Infantry Regiment POW's: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/64%20-%20423rd%20roster/64.htm
Sidebar List of POW Camps & some names of POW's there www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
Sidebar List of Diaries, Obits, & Articles, etc. alphabetically on the Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
Beals, John D. T-5 POW IV-B, VIII A, long march, IX-B account is day by day journal of his POW experience. Captured Dec 19 at 11:10 AM, he tells of the journey and of the POW camps. His first camp stop was Stalag 1V B on January 6. He stayed at Stalag VIIA from Jan 13-Feb 14. They moved out as the Russians moved closer. After a long trek, his final stay was at Stalag XI-B www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20VIII-A%20Gorlitz/John%20Beals/John%20Beals.htm
Bohde, Edward, S. Sgt 422 L, POW IVB, VIII A . IX-C captured in small mixed group; VIII-A as his 2nd camp after a 1 night stay at !V-B. He was marched out on Feb 15. Losing consciousness on the march, he was transported to a small camp: Stalag IX-C. To the end of his personal account he attached the words of a Sept.'45 Memo from former Regimental commander Col. George Descheneux Jr. www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20VIII-A%20Gorlitz/Edward%20Bohde/Bohde-Edward.pdf
Kline, John P. Sgt 423 M,POW IV-B (1 wk); VIII-A; Journey on foot, links to John Kline's info, diary, and video interviews can be found on this discussion board at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/2959/thread
I spent one week in Stalag 4-B, Muhlberg, Germany. While there I turned age 20. I was shipped on an over-night box-car ride to Stalag 8-A, Gorlitz, Germany, along with approximately 1,600 non-commissioned officers from the 28th and 106th Infantry Divisions. Gorlitz is about 80 miles east of Dresden on the old Polish/Czech border. One month later on, Valentine's Day - February 14, 1945, we were evacuated from Stalag 8-A due to advancing Russian troops. This leg of my "POW Marching Experience" would take me 415 miles (in two months) west to Dresden, Jena, Gotha, then slightly northwest to Duderstad, then north to Braunschweig (Brunswick). After a couple of days in an old work camp in Braunschweig we were marched east. At that time I was so weak that I could not walk. I was put in a "sick-wagon" column, separated from the main columns. On April 12, 1945 we arrived at the town of Helmstedt, Germany. There we were housed in a Farben Industries ammunition plant infirmary. The next day at 10:30 a.m. we were liberated by the American Army. LIBERATION DAY was Friday April 13, 1945. I shall never forget that day."
Mee, Norman J. Jr. 422nd POW IV-B, VIII A ? www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20VIII-A%20Gorlitz/Mee-Norman/Mee-Norman.htm
account here comes from a Maine newspaper article honoring him. The prison camp is identified only as "on the Polish border of Germany." Mee tells of being forced to work repairing railroad track from sunrise to sunset. He notes that the worst treatment there came from some over-zealous SS guards who were only age 14 or 15. He notes bunks of boards with straw.
Note, this name was placed under this POW camp some time ago. In necking links I have been unable to find the source of the camp names, thus far; hence the ?
Schwalm, Bruce 422nd POW IV -B VIII - A Carl Wouters posted a wartime memorial to Schwalm ,who, after passing through IV-B on January 7th, arrived at Stalag VIIIA on January 13 and died here on January 20th. Imbedded in this story is also the story of chaplain Robert Hopkins (2nd Division) and of the creation and protection of the flag first used in Schwalm's funeral, later in the funeral of other POWs, that now rests with Hopkins in Arlington. 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=remembering&action=display&thread=53
Smith, Wayne C., Staff Sgt 592nd-A, Fwd Observer, POW IV-B & VIII-A, son looking to connect with anyone with more info.--especially on activity leading up to his captivity; 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4651/thread and also: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4652/thread. also see post on POW questions related to a march from VIII A: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4955/thread
Overview of POW Camps that Held Members of the 106th: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/752/thread
MAP of GERMAN POW CAMPS: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4961/thread
FINDING a POW's WORK CAMP: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
Stalag VIII A - east of Görlitz, Germany (now Zgorzelec, Poland)- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-A -
According to Wikipedia: "in late December 1944 1,800 Americans arrived that were taken in the Battle of the Bulge. February 14, 1945 the Americans and British were marched out of the camp westward in advance of the Soviet offensive into Germany[/i]."
Under Notable inmates is mention that: "It was there that Olivier Messiaen, a French prisoner, finished composing Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time), a famous work of chamber music. With the help of some Germans, he was able to assemble three other POWs to help him perform the piece for the rest of the camp." The performance of this piece occurred in 1941. So, while this was an amazing occasion, if it was not performed again, it wouldn't be something that prisoners from the 106th would have heard. www.therestisnoise.com/2004/04/quartet_for_the_2.html
Finding a POW's Work Camp: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
106th CONNECTIONS:
List of 423 Infantry Regiment POW's: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/64%20-%20423rd%20roster/64.htm
Sidebar List of POW Camps & some names of POW's there www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
Sidebar List of Diaries, Obits, & Articles, etc. alphabetically on the Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
Beals, John D. T-5 POW IV-B, VIII A, long march, IX-B account is day by day journal of his POW experience. Captured Dec 19 at 11:10 AM, he tells of the journey and of the POW camps. His first camp stop was Stalag 1V B on January 6. He stayed at Stalag VIIA from Jan 13-Feb 14. They moved out as the Russians moved closer. After a long trek, his final stay was at Stalag XI-B www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20VIII-A%20Gorlitz/John%20Beals/John%20Beals.htm
Bohde, Edward, S. Sgt 422 L, POW IVB, VIII A . IX-C captured in small mixed group; VIII-A as his 2nd camp after a 1 night stay at !V-B. He was marched out on Feb 15. Losing consciousness on the march, he was transported to a small camp: Stalag IX-C. To the end of his personal account he attached the words of a Sept.'45 Memo from former Regimental commander Col. George Descheneux Jr. www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20VIII-A%20Gorlitz/Edward%20Bohde/Bohde-Edward.pdf
Kline, John P. Sgt 423 M,POW IV-B (1 wk); VIII-A; Journey on foot, links to John Kline's info, diary, and video interviews can be found on this discussion board at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/2959/thread
I spent one week in Stalag 4-B, Muhlberg, Germany. While there I turned age 20. I was shipped on an over-night box-car ride to Stalag 8-A, Gorlitz, Germany, along with approximately 1,600 non-commissioned officers from the 28th and 106th Infantry Divisions. Gorlitz is about 80 miles east of Dresden on the old Polish/Czech border. One month later on, Valentine's Day - February 14, 1945, we were evacuated from Stalag 8-A due to advancing Russian troops. This leg of my "POW Marching Experience" would take me 415 miles (in two months) west to Dresden, Jena, Gotha, then slightly northwest to Duderstad, then north to Braunschweig (Brunswick). After a couple of days in an old work camp in Braunschweig we were marched east. At that time I was so weak that I could not walk. I was put in a "sick-wagon" column, separated from the main columns. On April 12, 1945 we arrived at the town of Helmstedt, Germany. There we were housed in a Farben Industries ammunition plant infirmary. The next day at 10:30 a.m. we were liberated by the American Army. LIBERATION DAY was Friday April 13, 1945. I shall never forget that day."
Mee, Norman J. Jr. 422nd POW IV-B, VIII A ? www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20VIII-A%20Gorlitz/Mee-Norman/Mee-Norman.htm
account here comes from a Maine newspaper article honoring him. The prison camp is identified only as "on the Polish border of Germany." Mee tells of being forced to work repairing railroad track from sunrise to sunset. He notes that the worst treatment there came from some over-zealous SS guards who were only age 14 or 15. He notes bunks of boards with straw.
Note, this name was placed under this POW camp some time ago. In necking links I have been unable to find the source of the camp names, thus far; hence the ?
Schwalm, Bruce 422nd POW IV -B VIII - A Carl Wouters posted a wartime memorial to Schwalm ,who, after passing through IV-B on January 7th, arrived at Stalag VIIIA on January 13 and died here on January 20th. Imbedded in this story is also the story of chaplain Robert Hopkins (2nd Division) and of the creation and protection of the flag first used in Schwalm's funeral, later in the funeral of other POWs, that now rests with Hopkins in Arlington. 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=remembering&action=display&thread=53
Smith, Wayne C., Staff Sgt 592nd-A, Fwd Observer, POW IV-B & VIII-A, son looking to connect with anyone with more info.--especially on activity leading up to his captivity; 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4651/thread and also: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4652/thread. also see post on POW questions related to a march from VIII A: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4955/thread
Overview of POW Camps that Held Members of the 106th: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/752/thread