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Fort Sheridan, Lake County, Illinois, USA:
Soldatenfriedhof
(Kriegsgefangene)
Namen der Verstorbenen
Kriegsgefangenen:
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Grabstein |
Dienstgrad |
Name |
Vorname |
Geburtsdatum |
Todesdatum |
Erkennungs-Nr. |
Bemerkungen |
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BARTHEL |
Richard |
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16.04.1944 |
6 WG 2807 |
7) Siehe unten |
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BAUER |
Heinrich |
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15.08.1945 |
7 WG 60747 |
9) Siehe unten |
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BRAUNE |
Heinz |
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16.11.1944 |
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1) Siehe unten |
 |
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KRANZ |
Egon J. |
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26.10.1943 |
6 WG 3312 |
6) Siehe unten |
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Unteroffizier |
KRAUSS |
Emil |
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03.08.1945 |
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5) Siehe unten |
 |
Stabsgefreiter |
LOEHR |
Rudolf |
30.03.1912 |
25.11.1944 |
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4) Siehe unten |
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Obergefreiter |
MEYEN |
Kurt |
03.04.1920 |
25.11.1944 |
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3) Siehe unten |
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Gefreiter |
PAAP |
Willy |
17.04.1915 |
25.11.1944 |
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2) Siehe unten |
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ROESSGER |
Kurt |
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06.08.1944 |
31 G 71487 |
8) Siehe unten; Vorname schwer zu lessen |
Notes by Charles N.
Johnson from Ft. Sheridan Cemetery visit 28.09.2005:
The 9 German WWII
graves are located at Fort Sheridan Cemetery on the shores of Lake
Michigan north of Chicago on east Highway 41. From Highwood, IL
drive about 1-1/2 mile north on Sheridan Road turn right on Simonds
Way, then turn on the first left at the Cemetery Sign/George Bell
Road, then about 1/3 mile to the cemetery entrance.
Latitude: 42°
13 Min. 29 Sec.
Longitude: -87° 49 Min. 18 Sec.
A) When you enter
the Cemetery through the gate, section #8 is the first section on
the left. Follow it around, left, to section # 13 and all 9 graves
are located in the last/rear row. Graves (# 1) thru #9)) are listed
Left to Right as seen facing the rear.
B) The information
shown in black above is as shown on the gravestones. Dates Interred
and other information shown below:
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1) |
19.11.1944 |
BRAUN |
Cerebral Hemorrhage, due to a fall and hitting his head, see E). |
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2) |
28.11.1944 |
PAAP |
Born,
17.04.1915, E). Killed in a truck/train accident, see F), H). |
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3) |
28.11.1944 |
MEYEN |
Born, 3
April 1920, E).. Killed in a truck/train accident, see F), H). |
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4) |
28.11.1944 |
LOEHR |
Born 30
March 1912, E). Killed in a truck/train accident, see F), H).
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5) |
05.08.1945 |
KAUSS |
Died at
Sturgeon Bay, WI, see G). |
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6) |
02.11.1945 |
KRANZ |
Service
number; 6 WG 3312 Originally buried at Camp Ellis, (IL?) and
re-buried at Ft. Sheridan. E). |
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7) |
02.11.1945 |
BARTEL |
Service
number; 6 WG 2807 Originally buried at Camp Ellis, (IL?) and
re-buried at Ft. Sheridan. See E) |
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8) |
02.11.1945 |
ROESSGER |
Service
number; 31 G 71487 Originally buried at Camp Ellis, (IL?) and
re-buried at Ft. Sheridan. See E). |
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9) |
02.11.1945 |
BAUER |
Service
number; 7 WG 60747 Originally buried at Camp Ellis, (IL?) and
re-buried at Ft. Sheridan. See E). |
C) World war II
internments include the 9 German Prisoners of War, most were
captured during the campaign in North Africa. Fort Sheridan was
headquarters and Base Camp for the 46 prisoner-of-war camps through
Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. More than 15,000 prisoners-of-war
were held in the Midwest and for the most part, made to work as crop
harvesters and on civilian projects. H).
D) The white pole,
behind grave stone #5 KRAUSS, is for a flag pole that is used during
an annual ceremony, Volkstrauertag (German Day of Mourning),
held in November, see the web site for the next date: www.geocities.com/csteindank/schedule_of_events.htm
E) Source: Fort
Sheridan Cemetery records.
F) Note; the
location of the accident is in dispute from information received
from 1) the author of “Stalag Wisconsin”, it was noted that these
three were killed in a truck accident at Camp Rockfield, WI. They
were returned to their base camp, Ft. Sheridan and buried with full
German military honors, including the Nazi Flag; 2) Zion, IL
Genealogical Society H), says that they died while in transit from
Fort Grant, Rockford, IL to another work site.
G) Camp Sturgeon
Bay, WI held over 2000 POW’s in 1945. According to the book “Stalag
Wisconsin” by Mrs. Betty Cowley, “out of over 450,000 POW’s nation
wide only 477 died in this country”.
F) Source: Zion,
IL Genealogical Society book on Fort Sheridan Cemetery. Copy
located at Highwood, IL Public Library.
The fort was closed
in 1993 and the U.S. Army continues to maintain the cemetery.
Side note, the 6
Japanese that died at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin were all cremated and
their ashes repatriated with the rest of the Japanese POW’s at the
end of the war.
Datum der
Abschrift: 28.09.2005
Beitrag von:
Charles N. Johnson
Fotos © 2005 Charles N.
Johnson
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