June 2012
Marion, you have created a very special website. It is so well done. . I know how much work a website can be.
Thanks so much for your help in getting that bridge picture out there. Great idea with the bridges folder. I'll keep my eyes open as I sort through my Dad's stuff. You can put this picture up if it fits the theme:)
Attached, find my father, Thomas F. Huebner (1922-2004), standing, in Lehrte, Germany. The other man is unidentified, but I am working on it! I could see a sign in the center rear on the building reading Lehrte. I emailed this to a guy in Lehrte for location verification. He works for Stadtarchiv Lehrte, and I stumbled upon his name. The buildings were torn down in 1972 he says, but he sent me a slightly different view ca. 1970. He also had this to say. Very interesting.
Dear Tom,
the fotos were actually taken in Lehrte. The building in the rear right is the public house "Lehrter Hof". In the middle you can see the warehouse of Heinrich Sundmacher. The buildings were situated at the corner of Poststraße/Burgdorfer Straße. They were broken off in 1972. I have enclosed a foto taken ca. in 1970 were you can see both buildings.
The fotos you have sent are very fascinating for me. The history of the occupation of Lehrte in April 1945 by american forces is until now not written. Fotos from this event are unknown and we know very little about these days in April 1945. I will be very glad, if you can answer a few questions.
To which unit of the american forces belongs your father by the time he entered Lehrte?
Has your father something written about this time?
Do you have more fotos showing your father in Germany in 1945?
Yours sincerely
Jens Mastnak M.A.
Stadtarchiv Lehrte
Thanks again. Look for me on the forum!
Sincerely, Tom Huebner Jr.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"