Hans Steinmetz was a German pow. He lived and worked on my Grandfathers farm near Coningsby Lincolnshire around 1945/46. I have attached a photo...
[ATTACH] The letter looks to be written by a Wolter Pietsch to a Hertha Pietsch. It was written on December 11th 1944. In the letter he mentions...
Hello, I'm armature hobby historian based in the UK and I am currently researching a German pilot who was shot down and captured in ww2. I...
From Imperial War Museum Collection NA 11445 - 25/01/1944 NA 11608 - 30/01/1944 NA 12943 - 17/03/1944 NA 12944 - 17/03/1944 NA 12945 - 17/03/1944...
From Imperial War Museum Collection NA 2437 - 29/04/1943 NA 2438 - 29/04/1943 NA 3686 - 18/06/1943 NA 3687 - 18/06/1943 NA 3703 - 18/06/1943 NA...
From Imperial War Museum collection NA 7973 - 21/10/1943 NA 8727 - 13/11/1943 NA 9465 - 06/12/1943 NA 9524 - 05/12/1943 NA 9633 - 07/12/1943 NA...
I’m still researching CWGC casualties who are buried at Douglas Bank cemetery, Rosyth in preparation for a Doors Open Day tour next month. There...
Join us for this free talk based on a family collection of letters from a German POW settled in Leicestershire and his mother in Germany. The...
Hi all! I have a friend whose step father (Werner Schutze, b 1922 Germany d 1994, Germany) was German. The family story is that he was a German...
Translated from an article by the Schwaebische Zeitung today. Ludwig passed away two days ago aged 106. RIP Ludwig Born with a farmer's family...
6Pdr A/TK Gun and Crew Germany 1945. Photos of Dorset Regiment in Germany, 1945. They are either 4th or 5th (TA) Battalion. Photos include ones...
This thesis examines attitudes expressed towards German prisoners of war (POWs) and their treatment in Britain between 1939 and 1948. The original...
I have found that in 1946 the screening of German prisoners arriving from the USA in Britain was done by a process called 'ballot screening'....
Found the attached in a newspaper search. It was in the Western Morning News for December 1944. I wonder if they are still buried locally or...
Hi all I wonder if anybody can assist with a few queries on a German POW who was at Camp 75, North Hill Laurancekirk? Willi Otto Karl Dorow,...
Researching Captain Jesse Frank jnr Combat Command B 1st US Armored Division who was killed in action near Anzio in Italy on 25th May 1944,and is...
Well I have just got the results and I have passed my Masters Degree in Photography. Thought the course I ran a project trying to locate and...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Western Morning News Tuesday 28th January 1941 Colin Spittle 24th March 1902 - 25th January 1988 Motor omnibus conductor...
Good morning Gentlechaps and Chapettes, My family tree research continues to grow so I've taken a step back to focus on the more obscure and...
TNA file BT 168/65. The covering note gives the date as 6 June 1945. Note that this is Base Camps only, not Working Camps. I am frankly having...
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