The United States was involved in the repatriation of captured enemy soldiers? Far from it.
The United States, in the person of Dwight Eisenhower, was ithen starving to death 2 million German POWS, while preparing to invade weakened Russia–for the third time.
A friend, whose German uncle was interned in a Rheinwiesenlager death camp, wrote, "The problem with the Rheinwiesenlager was that the Americans had reduced the rations to the absolute minimum that a healthy, well clothed man doing nothing at room temperature might need to survive. Of course none of that applied. They did not provide shelter, sanitation, or drinking water. As it turned out, no-one had thought of any of that. The men had whatever clothing they had when they arrived, where exposed to the elements and had to find their own water from drainage.
Compared to the German concentration camps where the food was terrible but somewhat adequate. He described a sweater that became fly blown, that he had to discard.
One dark night he and others tunnelled under the wire, avoided the guards and escaped. He was able to join the US Army as an interpreter and, after the they disbanded, he was allowed to travel to anywhere, which is how he ended up in Australia".
Appreciate your considerate words and understanding of my thrust, which is to reveal information that is not well known and present another side of an issue. Frankly, it takes a lot of research finding the info and authenticating the facts .I've been at this for a long time and sense where and how to go for info and realize what is valid. I wrote this article in 2008, updated it and had to omit some commentary because the sources that validated them were no longer available and I did not have the time to research the libraries.
The United States was involved in the repatriation of captured enemy soldiers? Far from it.
The United States, in the person of Dwight Eisenhower, was ithen starving to death 2 million German POWS, while preparing to invade weakened Russia–for the third time.
A friend, whose German uncle was interned in a Rheinwiesenlager death camp, wrote, "The problem with the Rheinwiesenlager was that the Americans had reduced the rations to the absolute minimum that a healthy, well clothed man doing nothing at room temperature might need to survive. Of course none of that applied. They did not provide shelter, sanitation, or drinking water. As it turned out, no-one had thought of any of that. The men had whatever clothing they had when they arrived, where exposed to the elements and had to find their own water from drainage.
Compared to the German concentration camps where the food was terrible but somewhat adequate. He described a sweater that became fly blown, that he had to discard.
One dark night he and others tunnelled under the wire, avoided the guards and escaped. He was able to join the US Army as an interpreter and, after the they disbanded, he was allowed to travel to anywhere, which is how he ended up in Australia".
Thank you for this detailed factual account, all of which would be unknown to most.
Appreciate your considerate words and understanding of my thrust, which is to reveal information that is not well known and present another side of an issue. Frankly, it takes a lot of research finding the info and authenticating the facts .I've been at this for a long time and sense where and how to go for info and realize what is valid. I wrote this article in 2008, updated it and had to omit some commentary because the sources that validated them were no longer available and I did not have the time to research the libraries.