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no luck yet in my search for Wilhelm Voss. i've sent personal letters to every Voss in Oberhausen where he was born.

any other ideas/suggestions very welcome.

tom sanders

John, Re: HEMINGWAY shooting Pow's No offence intended or taken. I recall the message you mentioned. However, the writer provided no documentation. And as best I can remember, he was repeating what a friend told him. Things like this can spread on the internet like a forrest fire, and I just wanted ...

John, With respect, I have NEVER said or written that Hemingway shot and killed German POW'S. From my research, I do believe Hemingwqy killed a number of German soldiers under battle conditions. That includes the soldier from which he took the Gott Mit Uns belt buckle. Since he was there as a war co...

My research into Ernest Hemingway’s activities as a war correspondent in World War Two continues…. Specifically, I am seeking details of the life and death of two young German soldiers. The following is information I have obtained from the Deutsche Dienststelle regarding Voss, Wilhelm, geb, 03.03.19...

You were quite right to do so. And please accept my apology.. I am still learning propoer etiquette on this website and rather embarrassed at my ineptness.

Gott Mit Uns on Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:00 am I have a new candidate for the dubious distinction of being the soldier Hemingway killed to get his Gott Mit Uns buckle. JOSEF SCHWARZ obergefreiter born 09-05-1921] died 29-07-1944 killed Le Grande 3.5 km north of Villebaudon, France i have applied to Deuts...

I have a new candidate for the dubious distinction of being the soldier Hemingway killed to get his Gott Mit Uns buckle. JOSEF SCHWARZ obergefreiter born 09-05-1921] died 29-07-1944 killed Le Grande 3.5 km north of Villebaudon, France i have applied to Deutsche Dienstell for his war records. Any hel...

John...thanks for your help and advice. basically the German soldier i am seeking was killed on or about 28-29 July 1944 in the vicinity of Villabaudon, Hambe, France. He was riding a motorcycle with sidcar (empty), and was possibly a dispatch rider. He was rather heavy-set. It is possible he was pa...

Well, it's back to the drawing board. I was wrong. Iit turns out. , Huberrt Powalla probably wasn't the Nazi soldier Hemingway killed to get the Gott Mit Uns buckle and belt. I say jthat after having gone to Poland where I intervied his 85-year-old brother.The soldier I am seeking was riding a motor...

Well, it's back to the drawing board. I was wrong. Iit turns out. , Huberrt Powalla probably wasn't the Nazi soldier Hemingway killed to get the Gott Mit Uns buckle and belt. I say jthat after having gone to Poland where I intervied his 85-year-old brother.The soldier I am seeking was riding a motor...

Oh yes...to the gentleman who says he will no longer buy Hemingway's books....In 1936, the Nazi party staged a book burning in Berlin as Goebbels the minister of Propaganda put it, the objective was to cleanse the nation of "un-German" thoughts and influence. Hemingways books were among th...

I started this thread, and I am afraid some of what I said was misunderstood. I did NOT say that Ernest Hemingway killed German POW'S. i did say that at various times during the seven months he was traveling as a war correspondent wi6h the 22nd Infantry Regiment he very likely killed a number of Ger...

Brendan, Thanks very much for the Volksbund information. Unfortunately, it is much the same as what I had from the Deutsche Dienststelle. As to suggestion for finding relatives..it is not easy and you have to be determined to dig through the bureaucracy. The last search i did took me almost two year...

It is very much appreciated. I have moved my query to the discussion groups suggested...and will pursue the recomendations you made for further research....I also re-titled them Hemingway and Powalla. the GOTT MIT UNS connection has to do with the fact that Hemingway went back to Cuba with a war sou...

I am a writer seeking information on a german soldier who died in France in 1944. HUBERT POWALLA BORN 25.02.1917 Kochlowitz DIED 30.07.1944 1KM South Villabaudon, France Herr Powalla was an Obergrefeiter 7. Kompanie Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 156 and before that 2. Kompanie Panzer-Grenadier Regiment ...