Post by connie on Sept 13, 2021 11:57:13 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 VI-G
MAP of GERMAN POW Camps: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4961/thread
Wikipedia notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G
Stalag IV-G was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) for NCOs and enlisted men. It was not a camp in the usual sense, but a series of Arbeitslager ("Work Camps") scattered throughout the state of Saxony, administered from a central office on Lutherstraße in Oschatz, a small town situated between Leipzig and Dresden.
The camp operated from February 1941. The International Red Cross, following an inspection tour of 11-16 March 1945, reported that there were a total of 5,233 prisoners, of which 4,457 were British and Commonwealth, and 776 American. Of these only 20 POW were at the HQ in Oschatz, performing administration tasks, while the rest were assigned to 76 separate Arbeitskommando ("Work details"), working in agriculture, forestry, and industry. The Arbeitskommando varied in size from around 20 to over 100 men, who worked between 8 and 11 hours a day, 6 days a week, with only Sundays free. The report notes the generally poor health of the Americans, and some British, who were suffering from the effects of being marched from camps further east.
The area around Oschatz was one of the last to be liberated at the end of the war. In May 2005 the Oschatzer Heimatverein e.V. organised an exhibition to commemorate the liberation and Stalag IV-G.[4] In 2007 the exhibition in the Oschatz Town Hall was made permanent.
106th CONNECTION
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
Houseman, Donelson 1st Lt. 423/D POW VI-G 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4993/thread (includes link to video interview)
His story on the Indiana Military Site: hit this link and click on POW Camp 6-G on the side bar. then click on Houseman's name www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
Houseman, who was taken to VI-G in a 2-day truck drive as a wounded soldier, wrote an extensive account. Here's an excerpt from his account:
"On about December 30th a bunch of us wounded prisoners were loaded into an open truck...Stalag VI G was an established German prison camp with prisoners from all nationalities, some of whom had been there since the early days of World War II (which had started on September 1, 1941 when the Germans invaded Poland). I think Stalag VI G had about 50,000 prisoners, who were separated according to nationality. Also, officers were separated from enlisted men, and the wounded were kept in a different area - so I was sent to a building which housed wounded American officers. The building had about 40 double bunks, plus an adjacent room with 2 toilets and 2 wash basins and 1 shower (however, since the building was unheated and with the outside temperature below zero, no one showered. In fact, it was so cold I never showered or even removed my clothes until sometime in mid-March.) There was another small room with 2 beds which was the so-called operating room. We had a couple of captured American medics, and they did the best they could."
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 VI-G
MAP of GERMAN POW Camps: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4961/thread
Wikipedia notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G
Stalag IV-G was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) for NCOs and enlisted men. It was not a camp in the usual sense, but a series of Arbeitslager ("Work Camps") scattered throughout the state of Saxony, administered from a central office on Lutherstraße in Oschatz, a small town situated between Leipzig and Dresden.
The camp operated from February 1941. The International Red Cross, following an inspection tour of 11-16 March 1945, reported that there were a total of 5,233 prisoners, of which 4,457 were British and Commonwealth, and 776 American. Of these only 20 POW were at the HQ in Oschatz, performing administration tasks, while the rest were assigned to 76 separate Arbeitskommando ("Work details"), working in agriculture, forestry, and industry. The Arbeitskommando varied in size from around 20 to over 100 men, who worked between 8 and 11 hours a day, 6 days a week, with only Sundays free. The report notes the generally poor health of the Americans, and some British, who were suffering from the effects of being marched from camps further east.
The area around Oschatz was one of the last to be liberated at the end of the war. In May 2005 the Oschatzer Heimatverein e.V. organised an exhibition to commemorate the liberation and Stalag IV-G.[4] In 2007 the exhibition in the Oschatz Town Hall was made permanent.
106th CONNECTION
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
Houseman, Donelson 1st Lt. 423/D POW VI-G 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4993/thread (includes link to video interview)
His story on the Indiana Military Site: hit this link and click on POW Camp 6-G on the side bar. then click on Houseman's name www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
Houseman, who was taken to VI-G in a 2-day truck drive as a wounded soldier, wrote an extensive account. Here's an excerpt from his account:
"On about December 30th a bunch of us wounded prisoners were loaded into an open truck...Stalag VI G was an established German prison camp with prisoners from all nationalities, some of whom had been there since the early days of World War II (which had started on September 1, 1941 when the Germans invaded Poland). I think Stalag VI G had about 50,000 prisoners, who were separated according to nationality. Also, officers were separated from enlisted men, and the wounded were kept in a different area - so I was sent to a building which housed wounded American officers. The building had about 40 double bunks, plus an adjacent room with 2 toilets and 2 wash basins and 1 shower (however, since the building was unheated and with the outside temperature below zero, no one showered. In fact, it was so cold I never showered or even removed my clothes until sometime in mid-March.) There was another small room with 2 beds which was the so-called operating room. We had a couple of captured American medics, and they did the best they could."