[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] More on Labour Camp Death Records

[Jerry Frank]

Due to some system problems, the following continuations of this thread did 
not make it through to the full list.  I am therefore posting now because 
it contains info of importance to all.
I recommend you read it all as there is the original question at the 
bottom, a response, and then another response.  This type of problem occurs 
when too many cc addresses appear in a response.

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From: "Michael & Maureen McHenry" <maurmike at bellatlantic.net>

I don't how many of you are aware but you can word search the New York 
Times and the London Times. The data includes every newspaper ever printed. 
You can also limit the search to dates. The NY Times limits free search to 
the abstract and charged for the full text. Major libraries have full 
access to the full text NY Times  for patrons,but not remote. The London 
Times is having a free trial. Click on this link and type in trial lowercase.

  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/free4_tda The reason I bring this up 
is I tried some searches in the London Times. I limited the date to 1915 
using key words such as Germans, Poland, deportations, etc. I didn't come 
up with anything on our subject. However one article, dated December 30, 
1914, has the Germany army threatening Warsaw. They are on
the Bzura River near Sochaczew. Certainly the Germans in the villages here 
would have been deported earlier then 1915.

Mike


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From: Karl Krueger [mailto:dabookk54 at yahoo.com]

Unfortunately, there does not seem to be much written about the 1915 
deportations. Dick Benert has been digging up what ever he can find on the 
subject. Most of what can be learned comes from first hand accounts told by 
people who were deported. The amazing story Mr. Milner linked to gives a 
short glimpse into what transpired. Germans in eastern Poland
were also deported. The death toll was astounding, particularly on the 
older generation.

I do know that the Germans in eastern Poland were transported eastward 
starting from around the border of Ukraine and Belarus in a southeasterly 
direction to destinations like Kharkiv, Samara, Saratov, Orenburg, Troitsk, 
Qostanay (Kustanai), Aqtobe (Akhtubinsk), and even as far as Samarqand and 
Tashkent. Be sure to look up these locations on a map to get the full 
impact of how far Germans were moved. My grandmother and mother survived 
this ordeal for 7 years going as far as Samarqand, while my paternal side 
had it relatively easy and stayed in Kharkiv (Charkow) for only 3 years.


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Michael & Maureen McHenry <maurmike at bellatlantic.net> wrote:

Is there a written history of the 1915 deportations? I have read a few
WWI histories and do not recall reading anything about it.

Mike





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