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Subject: Re: [CO-ROOTS] GERMAN WWII POW"S IN COLORADO
Date: 12 Sep 2006 08:05:01 -0600

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The camp at Greeley was Camp 202. The history page of Greeleygov.com has this paragraph: "Two prisoner of war facilities opened in Greeley in 1943. The Horace Mann School at 11th Ave and 12th St. briefly housed Italian prisoners. German soldiers taken prisoners during General Rommel’s African campaign, arrived on Sept. 27, 1943 at Camp 202 located eight miles west of Greeley north of U.S. Highway 34. This camp housed 2,000 Germans until it closed in 1946. German POW’s served as stoop laborers in local sugar beet, potato, onion, and cabbage fields and enjoyed amicable relations with their guards and the local farmers." Another site commented that, after the war, some of the prisoners returned to the area to live.

The following link is another site that may give you a bit of information. There are no specific records for anyone that was at the camp, either as a prisoner or a guard, but it may give you ideas of other places to check.

http://library.ci.fort-collins.co.us/local_history/topics/WWII/hist3b18.htm

Other places to find specific information would most likely be the National Archives (NARA) or possibly the Library of Congress. Both have Web sites. Good luck in your hunt.
Terry

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