Where can I find a WWII pow expert
looking for help with research on POW camps in Germany, trying to learn about the camp my grandfather (from Poland) was in as well as figure out what camp he was transferred to. Does anyone know where I could hire someone for help on the subject ?
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Perhaps the National World War II Museum could provide some suggestions for you: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/liberation-stalag-luft
See the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the page.
Also try googling the following combination of key words and see if any of the sites are of value to you: american pows world war ii research
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thank you! I’ll check out the national museums website. Also my grandfather was Polish not American but again , thank you
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Have you requested your grandfather's service record from the NARA? Do you know the name of the camp(s)?
There is a Military group that you may find useful. There are also several on Facebook/meta.1 -
would they be helpful for service records of people from Poland?
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Ah - I see you have edited your post to include his place of birth. We didn't know that when we replied.
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ya no problem , I realized the confusion. I still very much appreciate the efforts to help!
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Try googling the following words: polish pows world war ii research
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And some of the groups on meta/Facebook would be useful. There is also an active poster on Twitter/X who posts daily with records mostly from Auschwitz.
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Robert - I’ve spent dozens of hours researching the subject. I’ve found a little that helped but not a ton, the reason why I’m looking for a researcher. I have a German transport document and his ex pow identity card, his id card states he was in “Troppau and Lipsk (Liepzig)”. Troppau had only 3 camps, one for Polish civilians , so I feel safe to say that’s the one he was in, but no definite proof. As far as Liepzig camps go, there were 100s of them. The documents I have don’t give anymore detail. They don’t have anything as far as dates of when the transfer happened, and not even a release date. So essentially all I know is he went to Troppau, may of 1944 based on the German transport document I found.
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@Dallas152 For future reference, it's recommended to share exact details when asking for help. A vague question will get a vague or wrong answer.
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Hello @Dallas152,
Here's the link to the Poland Research Community: https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/157-poland-research
If you haven't done so already, you should ask your question in this group, providing as much information as you can about your grandfather. Members of the Polish Rsearch community may be able to help you and also may be able to provide the names of researchers for you.
Regards, Robert Seal_1
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Not all Research groups are equal. Some are not very active. Fortunately the Polish group looks good. Best of luck.
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Also try the German Bundesarchiv here -
Click on the blue box that says "Suche Ohne Anmeldung." On the next screen, click on "Suche" (might be highlighted in yellow), then on "Namenssuche" (also in yellow).
The Bundesarchiv has a very large database of people who were persecuted during WWII.
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