hannover-l - Nachricht 2006-01 00189

[Jim <jimcats(a)...]

If I remember correctly the Italians were in North Africa before the Germans
got there so it would make sense that they were the first prisoners to be
taken.
Jim
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From: "Bob Doerr" <bdoerr(a)...
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Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [HN] German American internment camps


> Some German prisoners were housed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
> Reportedly, some were Afrika Corps prisoners.
>
> The story is that they had an option to work in the laundry for a little
> pay. No few 'escaped' to the local Bierstube, and were regularly rounded
up.
>
> I am suspicious of the story, at least in part. The early part of the
story
> is that at first Italian prisoners were housed at Fort Wood, but they were
> fairly few in number, so they were moved out and Germans moved in.
>
> As I understand, the only Afrika Corps prisoners were taken by the
British.
> When? 1942? Early 1943? Well, how did we get Italian prisoners before
then?
>
> Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks
>
>
>
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> > German POWs were also housed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.
> >
> > Gary Beard
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