I have an uncle who was a POW. He was captured by the Germans in Italy not long after Rome fell. When my cousins and I were children, we asked him what it was like. He told us, "Ah! It was just like "Hogan's Heroes!" We'd laugh, of course, and thought that all the Germans were like Colonel Klink and Sergeant Schultz. He would have never been at this prison camp, as he was in the infantry.
No, I don't. I know that it was somewhere in Baravia. That's something I need to ask him. He has a interesting story. On one occasion, he and a number of other POW's were sent into the nearby city to clean up after a bombing raid. As you can imagine, the locals didn't look too kindly on them. As he was working, the scapular that he was wearing came out from underneath his shirt. A nearby German woman saw it and asked him, "Katholisch?" He said, "Ja." Then she gave him a piece of bread.
I have an uncle who was a POW. He was captured by the Germans in Italy not long after Rome fell. When my cousins and I were children, we asked him what it was like. He told us, "Ah! It was just like "Hogan's Heroes!" We'd laugh, of course, and thought that all the Germans were like Colonel Klink and Sergeant Schultz. He would have never been at this prison camp, as he was in the infantry.
Do you know the name of the camp were he was held?
No, I don't. I know that it was somewhere in Baravia. That's something I need to ask him. He has a interesting story. On one occasion, he and a number of other POW's were sent into the nearby city to clean up after a bombing raid. As you can imagine, the locals didn't look too kindly on them. As he was working, the scapular that he was wearing came out from underneath his shirt. A nearby German woman saw it and asked him, "Katholisch?" He said, "Ja." Then she gave him a piece of bread.