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Speak Out Education Packet for Speakers and Students ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following people have our thanks for their dedication to this project and their contributions: 1990-91 Education Committee Members James Manford, PastCommittee Chairman Zach Roberts, POW ETO & Lecturer Helen Smith, National Ex-POW Historian Col. Donald E. Miller, U.S. Army Retired LloydW: Miller, Historian David Everson, Vietnam POW Anthony Jurek, Korea POW Our thanks to National Commander Francis Agnes and PNC John Edwards for their encouragement. Earl F. Miller, Committee Chairman Renee M. Miller Hazel Ownby American Ex-Prisonersof War APRIT..1991 MISSIONSTATEMENT For the Speaker: This packet of materials was compiled to make presentation of the speaker's war time and POW story simpler. Sheets have been designed for easy reading and use as "hand outs". They can be distributed to students prior to the time of the Ex-POW session with the class. Some topics will tie in with special events, i.e., Veterans Day, Flag Day, Etc .. Information contained here may be used to augment the personal story the Ex-POW has to tell. Suggestions listed are guidelines only. The American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization believes the Ex-POW belongs to a "chapter" in American History that should not be glossed over, lost, or forgotten. Generations to come should be aware of the prison camp experience and be cognizant of the fact that such cruelties and hardships are elements of war. No more than cursory attention is given to World War II, the Korean or the Vietnam War in the present school curriculum. If mention is made of POWs it is usually statistical in nature. -
From Wartime Berlin to Melton Mowbray – Hans Elsner's Story
‛‛Tornado Talk’’ RAF Association Melton Branch & Club Newsletter April 2016 Commemorating the Sacrifice of the 50 Victims of the GREAT ESCAPE, murdered by the Gestapo in March 1944 Organised by the City of Leicester Branch, members of the Royal Air Force Association including our own standard bearer Phil Taylor accompanied by other members of our branch, paid their respect to the prisoners of war who inspired the film The Great Escape at a wreath-laying ceremony held at the War Memorial In th Victoria Park, Leicester on March 24 2016. Situated in the German Province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań in Poland) about 100 miles south east of Berlin. Stammlager Luft III, more commonly known as Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war camp during World War II for captured allied airmen. The site was selected because it would be difficult to escape by tunnelling. As many people know, though, the camp is best known for its two prisoner escapes that took place by tunnelling – as portrayed in the films The Great Escape (1963) and The Wooden Horse (1950), and the books by former prisoners Paul Brickhill and Eric Williams from which the films were adapted (very loosely, in the case of The Great Escape). The Centre compound was opened in April 1942, originally for British sergeants, but by the end of 1942 replaced by Americans. The North Compound for British airmen, where the Great Escape occurred, opened in March 1943. In March 1944 the real great escape happened. Out of the fifty three Allied servicemen who escaped from the Stalag Luft III in Poland, three mananged to escape and fifty were recaptured and executed by the Gestapo . -
A. OUTLINE of the PROCEEDINGS P.31
CASE NO. 62 TRIAL OF MAX WIELEN AND 17 OTHERS THE STALAG LUFT III CASE BRITISH MILITARY COURT, HAMBURG, GJZRMANY, 1ST JULY-3RD SEPTEMBER, 1947 A. OUTLINE OF THE PROCEEDINGS p.31 1. THE COURT The court was presided over by a Major-General and consisted of three army officers and three representatives of the Royal Air Force, in accordance with Regulations 5 (Footnote: see volume I, p. 106) of the Royal Warrant. (F.O. 81/1945.) 2. THE CHARGES All the accused were charged with : (i) Committing a war crime in that they at divers places in Germany and German occupied territory, between 25th March, 1944, and 13th April, 1944, were concerned together and with SS Gruppenführer Mueller and SS Gruppenführer Nebe and other persons known and unknown, in the killing in violation of the laws and usages of war of prisoners of war who had escaped from Stalag Luft III. (ii) Committing a war crime in that they at divers places in Germany and German occupied territory, between 25th March, 1944, and 13th April, 1944, aided and abetted SS Gruppenführer Mueller and SS Gruppenführer Nebe and each other and other persons known and unknown, in carrying out orders which were contrary to the laws and usages of war, namely, orders to kill prisoners of war who had escaped from Stalag Luft III. The other charges were as follows : (iii) (Against the accused Emil Schulz and Walter Breithaupt) : Committing a war crime in that they between Homburg and Kaiserslautern, Germany, on or about 29th March, 1944, when members of the Saarbrücken Gestapo, in violation of the laws and usages of war, were concerned in the killing of Squadron Leader R. -
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Diary and Memoir of PFC Clarence O. Swope
World War Two Diary and Memoir Clarence O. Swope U.S. Army 103d Infantry Division 409th Regiment, Company B © 2014 Tom Swope First page of orginal diary To any of our men from Company B: This diary of my experiences with Company B was written over a period of time (beginning in 1943). I did no writing during combat, except during breaks in our travels. I expect some errors on names and plenty on spelling. I‟m mostly concerned about names. If you find any mistakes, please write and let me know. I will correct that page or pages. Thanks, PFC Clarence „Mike‟ Swope 7631 Fairview Ave. Mentor, Ohio 44060 1 - March 18, 1943 – Inducted into Army in Cleveland, O. - March 25, 1943 – Left for Camp Perry O. reception center - March 29, 1943 – Left for Ft. Leonard Wood Mo. to become member of Co. C 284th Inf. Reg. of the 75th Inf. Div. Was a machine gunner on a Browning light 30 cal. M.G. Took a very rugged basic training. Went to firing ranges, for one 3 week period Rain every day. Walk 5-7 miles every day, one way. Had 5 or 6 hours sleep every night for 3 weeks, no dry clothes. Wade 2 rivers each way. Food very poor. Ate out of mess kits for first 4 months. Made expert on machine gun, rifle, carbine, grenade & bayonet. Came in second on machine gun in company. Decided to find a better life in the Army. Looked into Air Cadets. Was asked to try for Army Specialized Training Program. -
Two Packs of Cigarettes Say They Don't Make It out of the Forest Inflationary and Deflationary Factors in German Prisoner of War Camps During World War II
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Supervised Undergraduate Student Research Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects and Creative Work Spring 5-1993 Two Packs of Cigarettes Say They Don't Make It Out Of The Forest Inflationary and Deflationary Factors in German Prisoner of War Camps During World War II Michael L. Lett University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj Recommended Citation Lett, Michael L., "Two Packs of Cigarettes Say They Don't Make It Out Of The Forest Inflationary and Deflationary Factors in German Prisoner of War Camps During World War II" (1993). Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/21 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Supervised Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Work at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • 1.:' ... TWO PACKS OF CIGARETTES SAY THEY DON'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE FOREST Inflationary and Deflationary Factors in Germa~ Prisoner of War Camps During World War II Tennessee Scholars Senior Project Michael L. Lett University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Business Administration April 16, 1993 1 Imagine being in a prison two thousand miles from home in a foreign country where your guards do not even speak the same language as you. Now compound this problem by allowing your captors and guards to be sworn enemies in a war that involved almost the entire world. -
THE GREAT ESCAPE-WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? We've All Seen the Film
THE GREAT ESCAPE-WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? We've all seen the film "The Great Escape" which featured the breakout from the Sagan III (Luflag) POW Camp for Allied Airforce officers in Silesia, (Eastern part of Pre-1945 Germany), but how many of us were told about what the German authorities were doing aprehending the escapees on Hitler's special orders? The film simply showed a batch of POW's being shot at the side of a railway line by SS troopers, but it didn't happen like that! What really happened was explained to a British Military Court, set up in Hamburg, Germany from the 1st July until the 3rd of September 1947. It was presided over by an army Major-General and consisted of three army and three RAF officers. The case was known as "The Stalag Luft III Case- Case No.62". The Court sat to hear the evidence of eighteen accused (mainly) Gestapo operatives from six regions who had between them shot in cold blood more than half of the escaped officers. The Prosecutor addressed the Court with the story as follows: "During the night of 24/25th March 1944, eighty officers of the Allied Air Forces who were POW in the Stalag Luft III POW Camp. Sagan, Silesia, had escaped through an underground tunnel into the surrounding countryside, dressed in civilian clothes* and with forged documents which they had hoped would get them a passage to freedom. Of these eighty men, four were quickly recaptured in the vicinity of the camp, and seventy six got away. -
Modeling Water Exchange in the Oder River Mouth Area
Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies International Journal of Oceanography and Hydrobiology Vol. XXXVI, No.1 Institute of Oceanography (55-67) University of Gdańsk 2007 Received: July 01, 2006 DOI 10.2478/v10009-007-0002-9 Research Paper Accepted: February 13, 2007 Modeling water exchange in the Oder River mouth area Halina Kowalewska-Kalkowska1, Marek Kowalewski2 1Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Szczecin ul. Wąska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland 2Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk al. Marszałka J. Piłsudskiego 46, 81-378 Gdynia, Poland Key words: numerical modeling, water exchange, Oder River mouth Abstract A three-dimensional operational hydrodynamic model of the Baltic Sea (M3D_UG) developed based on the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) was applied to model water exchange in the Oder River mouth area. Due to wind-driven back flow in the Oder mouth, a simplified operational model of river discharge was also developed based on the water budget in a stream channel. Linking the Oder discharge and Baltic Sea models into a single system allowed simulating hydrodynamic conditions in the Szczecin Lagoon and the Pomeranian Bay. Since the model adequately approximates hydrodynamic variability, it is a reliable tool for modeling water exchange in the Oder River mouth area and for assessing Oder water spread in the Baltic Sea. 1 Corresponding author: [email protected] Copyright© by Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk, Poland www.oandhs.org 56 H. Kowalewska-Kalkowska, M. Kowalewski INTRODUCTION Situated in the southern Baltic Sea, the Oder River mouth is an area where fresh and brackish waters mix. In its downstream reaches, the Oder River discharges into the Szczecin Lagoon, which is a coastal water body of approximately 680 km2 with a mean depth of 3.8 m. -
Dear Friends\ , \
Augusta, Ga, December 14, 1944 Dear Friends\ , \ I have juiY returned after being a Prisoner of War for 19 months -- seven months of this in Oflag 64. Wh en I was exchanged~ I promised the boys I'd t e ll the folks a t hom e all the "dope on th e dump , " As I hav e over 300 a ddr e sse s, I'm sure you will forgive the mimeograph form. I ha ve tried to answe :i:- every question I think you \"/Ould ask if you could talk to me . If I hav e omitte d a nything you'd like to kn ow moro a bout, write me: 1st Lt. Loo V\ . Fisher Wa 1·d 8: Oliver General Hospita l, Aug usta , Goorgia and I'll b o happy to givo you more d et a ils. Bost wishe s to you. Ofla g 64 is a bout 90 mile s due south of DANZIG~ and a bout 120 mil es duo wost of WARSAW. The nearest large town, 40 miles northwest of camp, is POSEN. The camp is in a town called SCHUBIH by the Polish and ALTBURGUND by the Germans. Before the war the camp was an acauemy for teen-agers. Th e town is on one of the most used Roman routes to the Baltic Sea . It is mentioned in history as early as 1055. Fire destroyed the town in 1840. With the growth of America , many of its inhabitants migrated to this country. The population now is a bout 3 ,OOO Polish a nd German. -
The Crime of Genocide Committed Against the Poles by the USSR Before and During World War II: an International Legal Study, 45 Case W
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law Volume 45 | Issue 3 2012 The rC ime of Genocide Committed against the Poles by the USSR before and during World War II: An International Legal Study Karol Karski Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/jil Part of the International Law Commons Recommended Citation Karol Karski, The Crime of Genocide Committed against the Poles by the USSR before and during World War II: An International Legal Study, 45 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 703 (2013) Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/jil/vol45/iss3/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Journals at Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law by an authorized administrator of Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons. Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law Volume 45 Spring 2013 Issue 3 The Crime of Genocide Committed Against the Poles by the USSR Before and During WWII: An International Legal Study Karol Karski Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law·Vol. 45·2013 The Crime of Genocide Committed Against the Poles The Crime of Genocide Committed Against the Poles by the USSR Before and During World War II: An International Legal Study Karol Karski* The USSR’s genocidal activity against the Polish nation started before World War II. For instance, during the NKVD’s “Polish operation” of 1937 and 1938, the Communist regime exterminated about 85,000 Poles living at that time on the pre- war territory of the USSR. -
Love Reading 4 Schools
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle -Year 8 (age 12-13) A Bridge to the Stars Henning Mankell 12 year old Joel lives with his father in the cold northern part of Sweden. At night he often sneaks out of his father's house to look for a lonely dog he has seen from his window. On the bridge across the icy river he starts a secret society and has adventures. But one night he discovers that his father's bed is also empty and will have to come terms with his father's new-found love. The harsh reality of Joel's world comes vividly to life and leaves the reader spellbound. Format: Paperback Blood Red, Snow White Marcus Sedgwick The Russian Revolution. Fairy tale, spy thriller, love story. One man's life during the last days of the Romanovs, beautifully imagined by award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick. Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award. Set in the rich and atmospheric landscape of Russia during the revolution that sent shockwaves around the world, this is the partly true story of Arthur Ransome - a writer accused of being a spy. Fictionalising history and blending it with one man's real life, Marcus Sedgwick expertly crafts this innovative and stimulating novel of three parts - a fairy tale full of wise and foolish kings, princesses, wishes and magic; a bleak and threatening spy thriller, and a love story ... Format: Paperback Brother In The Land Robert Swindells An 'After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny, one of the survivors - one of the unlucky ones. -
Anrc-Powb 1944-12
VO~. 2, ---...NO. II WOUNDED AMERICANS IN HUNGARY AND YUGOSLAVL\. At the end of June, the lot national Red Cross reported t~r. t th~re were l~ ~ound~d Americ: A U "If r-c N ;C~~~o~c'~o:~::~:;~~ "~:t.!!~~~n: It ISO N E R S 0 F W R B L L It :J" Hunganan mIl1tary hospital . ..... Budapest. A report on the v' ~t hed by the American National Red Cross for the Relatives of Amencan Pnsoners of War and CIvIlian Internees 1S1t stated that the men ~ere being Well cared for by Hung~nan doctors, and r;, N O. 12 WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER 1944 tha.t they were entIrely satisfied Witht "_'-------------------------------------------- theIr treatment. They were sChed' j uled to be transferred ·to camps in Germany as soon as they had reo covered from their wounds. Un. The 1944 Christmas Package wounded aviators bpought down Nuts, mixed ___________ _________ · %, lb. over Hungary had been moved hristmas Package No. 2, packed are now held. The aim, of course, was Bouillon cubes __________________ 12 promptly to German camps. women volunteers in the Phila· to avoid railroad transport in Ger Fruit bars-________ ____________ _· 2 A later report by cable stated hia Center during the hottest many as much as possible. Dates ____ ___ __ _________ ______ __14 oz. that several Lazaretts in Hungary , of . the summ~r, r ~ ached G ~r Much thought was given to plan Cherries, canned__ ___ __ __ _____ ___ . 6 oz. containing in all about 60 wounded Y. VIa Sweden.