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WW II German
Prisoners of War in Utah
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During WWII, over 15,000 prisoners of war were sent to Utah (Allan Kent Powell, "Splinters of a Nation: German Prisoners of War in Utah"), out of the over 425,000 prisoners of war in the United States. About 7000 of these men were Italians while about 8000 were Germans.
I've been collecting information on the experiences of these prisoners and the community members who came into contact with them. A non-profit organization called "TRACES of 400,000: Museum, Archive, Culture, Conference and Activities Project" has similar goals concerning all of these WWII Prisoners of War in the US.
I spoke about World War II Italian Prisoners of War in Utah at the second international TRACES conference on May 31, 2003. A copy of that presentation is available through gentrace@gentracer.com.
All of the World War II Prisoners of War who died in Utah are buried at Fort Douglas Military Cemetery in Salt Lake City. A list of these men follows, along with some of the other POWs held in Utah. Their death certificates can be obtained through gentrace@gentracer.com.
Otto Bross died on 8 July 1945 in Salina Utah. He is included in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Paul Eilert's headstone was obviously placed there after the war, probably by his family, since it is not "standard issue". It states that he lived from 1905-1944. The graphic on the stone appears to show that he was awarded the Iron Cross in 1939. He apparently died in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Ernst Fuchs died on 8 July 1945 in Salina Utah. He is included in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Gottfried Gaag died on 8 July 1945 in Salina Utah. He is included in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Hans Gabriel died on 13 August 1945, probably in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Paul Heimerdinger died on 13 September 1945, probably in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Karl Heinrich died on 6 August 1945, probably in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Josef Hladky, an Austrian, was elected by the POWs to be spokesman for the Ogden compound in 1945.
Georg Liske died on 8 July 1945 in Salina Utah. He is included in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Hermann Maas died on 15 July 1945, probably in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Alfred Malinwoski was a soldier in the 45 Regiment of the German Army who died on 27 December 1944, apparently in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Hans Meyer died on 8 July 1945 in Salina Utah. He is included in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Adolf Paul died on 8 July 1945 in Salina Utah. He is included in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Heinz Rascher was a Corporal in the German Army who died on 20 July 1945, apparently in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Erich Raschke died on 28 August 1945, probably in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Friedrich Ritter died on 13 July 1945, probably in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Karl Schaefer died on 5 May 1945, probably in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Fritz Stockmann died on 8 July 1945 in Salina Utah. He is included in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Walter Vogel died on 8 July 1945 in Salina Utah. He is included in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Frederick Weber was imprisoned at Ogden Depot and returned to live in Salt Lake City after the war. After serving in the German Army in Russia, and Tunisia. He was captured and imprisoned in Algeria and Scotland before a ship took him to New Jersey and then a passenger train car delivered him to Muskogee, OK. He was later moved to Texas, Arizona, and California before arriving in Ogden.
Hans Wieland died on 30 January 1946, apparently in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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Fritz Wiemken was a Sgt. in the German Army who died on 28 January 1945, apparently in Utah because of his inclusion in the German POW section of the Fort Douglas Military Cemetery.
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