[MBZ] German POWs from WWII
There were POW camps on Lake of the Woods during the war. One of the fellows who was imprisoned there went home to Germany after the war but continued to visit during the summers and owned a cottage there in his retirement until he and his wife became too old to make the trip any more. He had very fond memories of his time there during the war. He felt he was treated very well. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII
I wonder how well OUR soldiers fared in German POW camps... On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: There were POW camps on Lake of the Woods during the war. One of the fellows who was imprisoned there went home to Germany after the war but continued to visit during the summers and owned a cottage there in his retirement until he and his wife became too old to make the trip any more. He had very fond memories of his time there during the war. He felt he was treated very well. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII
POW camp in USA was a cake walk compared to duty at the Russian front these guys knew it. There was a concerted effort to impress German POW's on just how wonderful America was, while maintaining the POW status. Overall, we Americans were very humane in treatment of prisoners in the WW2 conflict. [some notable battlefield exceptions do however apply, in the Pacific arena] War however is not a beauty contest. I grew up with Veterans of WW2, learned to fly with one bomber pilot and one fighter pilot. Almost all our neighbors were veterans and yet I never heard them talk of war. General attitude after being at war and in combat was they were glad to be done with it and get on with life. On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: There were POW camps on Lake of the Woods during the war. One of the fellows who was imprisoned there went home to Germany after the war but continued to visit during the summers and owned a cottage there in his retirement until he and his wife became too old to make the trip any more. He had very fond memories of his time there during the war. He felt he was treated very well. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII
My family had German POWs on the farm during the war. My grandmother tells stories of how they all wanted to hold my dad on their breaks and how they missed their kids back home and whatnot. She says the guard used to leave his gun in the car and do farm work too. According to her none of the prisoners were ever a problem. One day one of the POWs asked my dad where his father was, my dad replied Out killing Germans. -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:26 AM Subject: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII There were POW camps on Lake of the Woods during the war. One of the fellows who was imprisoned there went home to Germany after the war but continued to visit during the summers and owned a cottage there in his retirement until he and his wife became too old to make the trip any more. He had very fond memories of his time there during the war. He felt he was treated very well. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII
Did he say it with a straight face? On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My family had German POWs on the farm during the war. My grandmother tells stories of how they all wanted to hold my dad on their breaks and how they missed their kids back home and whatnot. She says the guard used to leave his gun in the car and do farm work too. According to her none of the prisoners were ever a problem. One day one of the POWs asked my dad where his father was, my dad replied Out killing Germans. -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:26 AM Subject: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII There were POW camps on Lake of the Woods during the war. One of the fellows who was imprisoned there went home to Germany after the war but continued to visit during the summers and owned a cottage there in his retirement until he and his wife became too old to make the trip any more. He had very fond memories of his time there during the war. He felt he was treated very well. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII
Presumably, he was two years old... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII Did he say it with a straight face? On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My family had German POWs on the farm during the war. My grandmother tells stories of how they all wanted to hold my dad on their breaks and how they missed their kids back home and whatnot. She says the guard used to leave his gun in the car and do farm work too. According to her none of the prisoners were ever a problem. One day one of the POWs asked my dad where his father was, my dad replied Out killing Germans. -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:26 AM Subject: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII There were POW camps on Lake of the Woods during the war. One of the fellows who was imprisoned there went home to Germany after the war but continued to visit during the summers and owned a cottage there in his retirement until he and his wife became too old to make the trip any more. He had very fond memories of his time there during the war. He felt he was treated very well. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] German POWs from WWII
He was llkely pre-ironic --R On 7/22/14 3:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Did he say it with a straight face? On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My family had German POWs on the farm during the war. My grandmother tells stories of how they all wanted to hold my dad on their breaks and how they missed their kids back home and whatnot. She says the guard used to leave his gun in the car and do farm work too. According to her none of the prisoners were ever a problem. One day one of the POWs asked my dad where his father was, my dad replied Out killing Germans. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
