Show us your German POW photos

[Bryant U.]

Great photos gentlemen.

Love the last one with the US shirt Bill.

Here are some freshly captured German POW's in American jeeps.

I really like the WIRE PATROL jeep.

[W Petz]

Bryant,

Nice pic of POW's being loaded into a jeep & trailer.

Jul14 - POW Portrait - 1 - Taken in Caserta, Italy 20.10.1946. I believe this man was a former FJ probably on detail to recover and bury the Dead. Wearing a GI Shirt and a scarf typically worn by FJ.

[W Petz]

Oct14 - POW Portrait - 1 - Possible HG as it appears there is white waffenfarbe on his Feldwebel shoulder board

[Oscar]

Great thread and photos!!!

[W Petz]

Oscar,

I'm glad you enjoy this thread...Thank you!!

Oct14 - POW Portraits 2 & 3 - Heer Feldwebel in a unknown POW Camp USA

Great thread and photos!!!

[kerryboo]

Here are some photos of newly surrendered troops in Schleswig-Holstein,
Kerry.

[kerryboo]

And a third. These have been posted on mother thread, but I felt that they had a relevance here as well. It is interesting that they are carrying a crate of panzerfausts.
Kerry.

[WARNACH]

Here is my only POW picture.
It was taken january 15th 1945 in GEROMONT, just outside Malmedy (BOB) and shows members of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 9 (3FJD) who were captured in the area of Thirimont ,the area where the 30 US ID launched its attack in the St.Vith offensive.
Peter
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[dennisb]

This is a nice thread with interesting photos!

Here is one of my POW studio photos of a Hauptmann who shows his EKI that he earned during the last days of the war while fighting in the Delfzijl pocket.

[W Petz]

Hi Dennis....Nice Portrait but what makes you think this is a POW Studio portrait??? I wouldn't think a POW would be still wearing his dagger.

This is a nice thread with interesting photos!

Here is one of my POW studio photos of a Hauptmann who shows his EKI that he earned during the last days of the war while fighting in the Delfzijl pocket.

[W Petz]

Peter,

Nice U.S Army Signal Corps photo...I've seen this somewhere before.

Here is my only POW picture.
It was taken january 15th 1945 in GEROMONT, just outside Malmedy (BOB) and shows members of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 9 (3FJD) who were captured in the area of Thirimont ,the area where the 30 US ID launched its attack in the St.Vith offensive.
Peter
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[dennisb]

Hi Dennis....Nice Portrait but what makes you think this is a POW Studio portrait??? I wouldn't think a POW would be still wearing his dagger.

He earned the EKI during the final days of the second world war, so it must be a POW portrait. Don't you think that there would be some exception for higher ranks like a Hauptmann?

[W Petz]

Dennis...I was being kind in my remark. There is no way this is a POW Portrait and no way that any of the allies would allow him to keep his dagger especially late in the war. I know of rare instances on surrenders that Colonels and Generals were allowed to keep certain items such as a dagger or their sidearm but a Captain which is not a high rank. I have over a thousand POW portraits and not one with them retaining such items in a studio type portrait. How do you know he earned a EK1 in the final days and why would he be taking a studio portrait when he would be behind a barbwire fence in the final days. Sorry but I cannot believe this is a POW Portrait.

He earned the EKI during the final days of the second world war, so it must be a POW portrait. Don't you think that there would be some exception for higher ranks like a Hauptmann?

[dennisb]

Dennis...I was being kind in my remark. There is no way this is a POW Portrait and no way that any of the allies would allow him to keep his dagger especially late in the war. I know of rare instances on surrenders that Colonels and Generals were allowed to keep certain items such as a dagger or their sidearm but a Captain which is not a high rank. I have over a thousand POW portraits and not one with them retaining such items in a studio type portrait. How do you know he earned a EK1 in the final days and why would he be taking a studio portrait when he would be behind a barbwire fence in the final days. Sorry but I cannot believe this is a POW Portrait.

I do not want to be rude either.
I understand your point. He earned the EKI in May 1945 just before he was captured. I have his Soldbuch too. So IMO this pictures must have been taken after that period of time. Attached is another photo of him.

[W Petz]

Dennis...I don't believe I was being rude just addressing the facts based on what little information that you had previously provided. I must concede that there is a possibility that these portraits were taken after capture. The reason I now say this is due to the Canadians being those who initiated and won the battle for the Delfzijl pocket from 23 April to 2 May 45. The Canadians were known to be very lenient towards German POW's especially after the end of hostilities where they even allowed a court-martial and execution to take place at one of the POW Camps in Holland.