Hubert H. Schwandt Private First Class Fredric G. Busky [Frederick G. Buske]Serial No. Royal Navy, G. Georgiou State of ResidenceNew York 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), Carl L. Good Newburgh, New York, Richard Kane and Henry Kane (above) were brothers. After a bit of digging, I located the GPS location of the old camp, and on a recent trip to Austria, I set out to find it. Private Serial Number35107131 Gunner Sgt. These are the camps that housed captured members of the enemy armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft. 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), Charlie W. Smith 9th Infantry Division Fitchbourgh [Fitchburg] Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Alvie D. Cochran State of ResidenceNew York 4217 S. 23rd Street Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, Infantry Box #6 Special Air Service (British Special Forces) State of ResidenceMichigan - SSGT Joe B. Dobbs Four men, Bill Marcus, Ron (last name unknown), Pip Cummings, and Eric himself were together near the camp for a time. Private State of ResidenceVirginia Private Serial Number6975802 While this process was ostensibly to keep a tally on prisoners and to detect escapees, the process was often cruel. U.S. Army, Infantry Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 31. U.S. Army There, German Luftwaffe (air force) officers separated the commissioned officers from the non-commissioned officers and shipped them to other depots of the German prison camp system (except for chaplains and doctors, who might be assigned among enlisted prisoners). 2 Jack Street Bod Private Escaped from the camp September 14, 1943, Source: Charles Simmons daughter Trish Harper, John C. Simmons, Jr. Serial Number32161370 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). G. Aitken Logansport, Indiana Serial Number32105474 U.S. Army 2nd Corps, Source: Luther Shields daughter Cindy Jackson, Murray Shulaw U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number34149584 Woodrow W. Bird 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). Corporal Warron A. Colver [Warren Culver]Serial No. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Any individuals who were injured in work, or became ill, were returned to the Lazarett (medical care facilities) at the parent stalag. Reached Allied lines, Robert A. Newton It was their first encounter with Nazi Germanys tormented, mostly Jewish political prisoners. Serial Number36053918 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), Tony Spicola Serial Number11011496 Private First Class Earl C. LinaweaverSerial No. With a total of 1,714 deaths at Stalag 17-B, the Russians accounted for the vast majority. Did Stanley Bentley escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria? 47th Infantry Regiment 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 CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Robert J. Noah Royal Horse Artillery Captured in Tobruck, Libya, circa December 1941, Printed on the back of a photo of Arnold Chessell: 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), James B. Pond, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany. Australia, Source: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington, Thomas David Alman Luther C. Shields In addition, one barrack was used as a repair shop for shoes and clothing. Corporal British Army, Interned at Camp 59 for at least two years, Arrived in Adelboden, Switzerland during the winter of 1943-44 and departed in October 1944, Convalesced in Leysin, Switzerland in 1944-45 before returning to England, Source: Robert Smiths niece Carole Procter; a news article from The Herald (A paper serving the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England) January 25, 1944, James L. Snodgrass Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of Residenceunlisted Service NumberT/164275 6th Armored Infantry, First Armored Division Service Number1086472 Severely injured in the war; died circa early 1970s, Neil E. Torssell Mulberry, Kansas. Service Number7888771 U.S. Army, Infantry Private First Class Flight Sergeant Serial Number20706388 Private Star Route, Box 54 State of ResidenceTennessee U.S. Army, InfantryRifle I could go on and on about this horrible place, but the more I am tempted to tell you, the more I risk revealing spoilers in my book. Outgoing mail very erratic. England. Welwyn Garden City Within days of the rescue, American forces began uncovering the ghastly results of Hitlers Final Solutionhuman slaughter pens filed with the remains of thousands of Jews and other people Nazis considered undesirable and unworthy of life. PP visit 7034 12-7-43. Serial Number13078670 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. G. Whitlow 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 F. Poleri Private Private First Class Ray W. DentlerSerial No. Private Reome Brayno, Army Infantry, of New York was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a POW camp, but no camp name is indicated. 0000001709 00000 n 13022149is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 0000006984 00000 n State of ResidenceConnecticut 2703555is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. State of ResidenceIndiana State of Residenceunlisted Finally, as May dawned, relief arrived in the rugged jeeps and hulking Sherman tanks of the 13th Armored Division. Serial Number12017478 In Germany, stalag (/stl/; German: [talak]) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps. 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), Frank Hillman Serial Number33136536 Tatsfield,Westerham 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 State of ResidenceIowa Blain Prewitt Serial Number37098469 Private First Class Private If a man could live on that parcel for a week, one of them wrote, it was only at ten percent over starvation. Contents of the shoebox-size parcels generally included canned tuna, cheese, dehydrated milk, liver paste, and raisins, along with margarine, sugar, several packs of cigarettes, and two D-Bars (condensed chocolate). Please note that your data will be managed in the US by the American Air Museum in Britain charity. 6 The same address is recorded in Cliffords own address list. State of Residenceunlisted Still, the resourceful American captives of Stalag 17-B attempted to dig a number of tunnels, using scoops fashioned out of aluminum cans and other items. Sergeant A letter from George William Beer to Robert Smiths mother dated July 23, 1943 states that he was interned with Bob for two years at Camp 59 before being transferred to another camp. Returned home through Sicily, French Morocco, and via transport on the General E. A. Anderson American troop ship to Newport News, Virginia. Serial Number37282896 Camp 59 POW Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke said her father knew George Marsland. U.S. Army Air Corps, Shot down and captured on Sicily, July 5, 1943, Michael A. Toth Performing this action will revert the following features to their default settings: Hooray! The camps consisted of a field with barbed wire around it, in which thousands of people were crammed together. He awoke suddenly and had somehow been ejected from the plane and was falling at terminal velocity. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Sgt. 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 J. Gossman State of ResidenceIowa Goodrich, N. Dak [North Dakota], Clarence A. State of ResidenceMississippi Oscar C. Ruebens U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Andrew G. Fregede Gunner Corporal Service Number170400065 Service Number883615 Private 93rd Battalion, Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 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 Mickus Private State of Residenceunlisted Sergeant Private Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 1943 Private recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. U.S. Army, Infantry Reached Allied lines, Richard P. Griffen Keith Argraves 253 20 The most noticeable is the work of an, According to the German governments own post-war figures. Brooklyn Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 Private Private Allen Coombs Service Number2614655 George Shorters name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Infantry 0000002863 00000 n 0000002605 00000 n State of ResidenceFlorida Serial Number20703555 After this process, they had to endure a bitter cold shower and then they were sprayed with a delousing chemical. 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). Traveled south on foot through Italy until contacted by a British Commando Unit that was looking for escaped POWs. Staff Sergeant He was interned at Camp 59 and escaped with Paul Alsin and John S. Skulborstad. U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Many of the new kriegies (short for the German kriegsgefangene, or prisoner of war) paired up in combines as a way of looking out for one another. 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Territories captured from the Germans were beginning to give up all sorts of ugly secrets about Adolf Hitlers dying Third Reich. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Duke Street Address from Armie Hills address book: State of ResidenceNorth Dakota Central City, Ky. [Kentucky]. 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 State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, InfantryRifle This article originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of America in WWII. Claude J. Cole Of how the Nazi guards tortured prisoners and subjected them to a viciousness that still makes him choke up when he talks about it. 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), Maholan J. Newburgh, N.Y. [New York]. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force The terrible truths tucked away with Stalag 17-B in the Austrian wilderness began to come to light in the spring of 1945, as Russian armies from the east and American armies from the west were crushing the remnants of the Nazi war machine between them. 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), Additional source: Letters written by Marshall Wells provided by POW Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica McMahon (posted on this site), Robert B. Wessels State of ResidenceMassachusetts Half a barracks was the library, another half for the MOC and his staff, and half for the theater, a half for food distribution and a half for Red Cross food distribution and a half for the meeting room. Service Number5774137 Corporal Serial Number36336832 Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. Kenneth J. Kurtenbach was MOC from the opening of the camp until its evacuation. 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). 0000000016 00000 n Serial Number12007147 Service Number3196639 Address from Armie Hills address book: This address for Frederick Druce is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Frederick Druce At night streetlights were used in addition to the searchlights from the guard towers to illuminate the area. U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Infantry 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). Serial Number20704916 This Charles A. Perkins, however, is listed as being from Illinois on his enlistment records. 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 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09), Orville Higgins Although the Russians population made up roughly 22% of the prisoner population, they accounted for 96% of all deaths, 1641 in all. Address from Armie Hills address book: British Army, Escaped though the hole in the wall of Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, Made his way, with two other British servicemen, to Switzerland, Patrick Cahill J. W. T. Duffield U.S. Army, Infantry Leroy Thurman Serial Number34138090 His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. Serial Number20701864 Serial Number36238842 Robert Dulac was hospitalized in Potenza, Italy. State of ResidenceNew York Did Ray Dentler escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Private Serial Number38027034 U.S. Army, Infantry Update. Private First Class 32003230 State of Residenceunlisted Prisoners of war who died in this camp were either buried in the city cemetery of Krems or transferred to their hometown.. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number36306882 U.S. Army, Infantry Corporal Steve Shedlocks name and address were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano notes that both Aiden Duff and J. H. D. Millar were Scottish. H.B. Pennsylvania 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 Procko Serial Number18040453 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryRifle xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}% I5bG|hj2[l48t%&@|1]` vYy)pEHiF R0 yu" Inglewood 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. 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). State of ResidenceCalifornia 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Connections. 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). Sergeant Like this page to receive our updates. U.S. Army, Infantry I am grateful for the wealth of information they have sent me to share on this site. Kings Royal Rifle Corps U.S. Army, InfantryRifle The majority of them were American, but also included . Serial Number15054958 [Maryland], Ralph E. Eubank 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 M. Zuehl
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