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Hi Steve,
Today a strange
thing happened. I was watching a documentary
on Elvis on TV, when I remembered that my
father was a POW in Tennessee.
Unfortunately, I cannot talk to him about
this anymore since he died in October 2000.
For some reason we didn't talk much about it
when he was alive, which I regret somehow.
I'm 35 now and a father myself and I
wondered if the omniscient Internet offers
some information about prisoners of war in
WWII. So I started a little research this
afternoon and I came across your page which
I found very well done and interesting. Many
aspects mentioned on your page remind me of
some of the few stories my father told us
about that time, e.g. some theatre plays put
on stage by the prisoners and that he was
not treated like a prisoner but like a king
after spending some time in an African
prison.
There are some
things which I would like to know and maybe
you can help me. It is difficult to find
some information about this special aspect
of WWII in history books.
My father said
that he had been captured in France and had
been brought to Africa where he nearly had
died from starvation. Then he was brought to
America to Camp Forrest. I don't understand
the reasons for this "journey" from Europe
to America via Africa. Do you know anything
about this?
If you like I
can contribute some pictures. They show some
scenes of plays, a funeral and views of the
camp.
Regards,
Andreas Haegerich |
