Hi All, This is incredible work you have been doing! I have to read and reread to make sure I'm getting all the information! Thank you!
To answer a couple questions I see posed of me -
Regarding what camp - Hoffnungsthal or Siegburg - I believe where my father was held – I believe it was hoffnungsthal. I do have to say my memory of my father talking about where he was held only is Seigburg, However, are much searching and many efforts of trying to get the military to tell me where he was held, I was told by the NARA ([Archives2reference@nara.gov] ) was camp 6G. They indicated Stalag 6G was near Bonn, which Rosrath is near Bonn, So, I would have to go by the description my father provided in the interview/transcript of the camp and as Christoph indicated, it does fit the description. Now, with all that said and going to the first camp he talks about being “a filthy place, your bed and your bathroom”… I believe it was Gerolstein. Christoph, any thoughts on that? I’ve attached what I believe is his path as a POW/Slave labor. Christoph, I would love to visit them with you and will some time in the not so distant future. Your help has been so wonderful, I can't thank you enough.
Jean, I do have the timeline for my father and where he entered Europe – He arrived via Normandy on August 26th, 1944.
I have company this week but will be back on this forum next week to find out more! I have spend years searching and talking to veterans and their surviving families, visiting Germany and Normandy to find out more information. I have gathered so many documents and I feel I need to share what I have found so others searching can be helped like you and this website has helped me! Thank you!