Post by connie on Jul 14, 2014 10:24:20 GMT -5
Rosenberg, Winfield PFC 422D POW IXB IX G, Berga
His name is found on the Indiana Military Site Roster with sources in several Cub magazines.
A web post entitled " American soldier in German Concentration Camp" can be found here: ardennes.secondworldwar.nl/veterans/rosenberg.html
It's a tough story. With a name that sounded Jewish, the above post records that on February 8 Rosenberg and others were taken from their POW camp on Feb. 8 and moved to a slave labor camp near Berga (close to the Czech border.) Here they worked in extremely harsh conditions in a mine. On March 23, with allied forces moving closer the survivors in this camp were moved again on a death march eastward. At the end of this ordeal Rosenberg weighed 80 pounds.
Note: for more info on Berga on this discussion board see: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5141/thread
Also see film: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/1343/thread
His name is found on the Indiana Military Site Roster with sources in several Cub magazines.
A web post entitled " American soldier in German Concentration Camp" can be found here: ardennes.secondworldwar.nl/veterans/rosenberg.html
It's a tough story. With a name that sounded Jewish, the above post records that on February 8 Rosenberg and others were taken from their POW camp on Feb. 8 and moved to a slave labor camp near Berga (close to the Czech border.) Here they worked in extremely harsh conditions in a mine. On March 23, with allied forces moving closer the survivors in this camp were moved again on a death march eastward. At the end of this ordeal Rosenberg weighed 80 pounds.
Note: for more info on Berga on this discussion board see: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5141/thread
Also see film: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/1343/thread