KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Share #1 Posted June 16, 2013 I did a thread devoted to POW dogtags a while ago, and thought I should do a sister thread devoted to the POW ID cards created by the Germans for Americans. The survival rate of these cards is much less than the metal dogtags. There are 2 types of cards: 1. Personnel Card ( Personalkarte or Kriegsgefangenkartei ) - This card was the record card kept by the Germans with personal information, How he was captured , and a record of camp transfers . These are the largest in size . 2. Barracks Cards - These cards were used by the Germans during appel ( formation ) or during ID tag checks to make sure POWs hadn't escaped or switched tags with another POW to hide the identity of an escapee. These are smaller in size. These cards are very scarce and do not turn up regularly. This thread represents 30 years of searching for these. In my experience the cards from ground camps are scarcer than those from airmen's camps, but the "Luft" variety sell for more. The POWs took these from the camp offices at the end of the war in most cases. That is the reason some camp cards are more common than others. Stalag Luft I never moved, and a lot of those cards seem to have survived as compared to Stalag Luft III, Luft 4, and 17B. AIRMAN CAMPS Stalag Luft I . Personnel Card to a Jewish American who served with the 379th BG , 8th AAF . Notice the Germans wrote JUDE on the face of the card. The card was created at DULAG LUFT , which was the processing center for captured airmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted June 16, 2013 His barracks card. It is in his POW diary and he wrote the caption " Chicago Luft Gangster" below . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted June 16, 2013 This is the Personnel Card for a Ploesti veteran who was captured a month after the raid. He was initially held in OFLAG VA , and was later transferred to Stalag Luft I . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted June 16, 2013 His barracks card from Stalag Luft I . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted June 16, 2013 This is a barracks card from a 303rd BG, 8th AAF vet held in Stalag Luft I . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #8 Posted June 16, 2013 STALAG LUFT III Personnel Card from a 493rd BG , 8th AAF veteran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted June 16, 2013 His barracks card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #10 Posted June 16, 2013 barracks card from a fighter pilot with the 27th Fighter Bomber Group barracks card from a 455th Bomb Group vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted June 16, 2013 STALAG LUFT 4 Personnel Card a Jewish American who served with the 453rd Bomb Group . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #13 Posted June 16, 2013 Personnel Card to a 92nd Bomb Group veteran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #15 Posted June 16, 2013 Luft 4 barracks card from a 351st Bomb Group vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #16 Posted June 16, 2013 STALAG 17B barracks card from a 306th Bomb Group vet in Stalag 17B . This is the only intact example I have ever seen from this camp. This guy looks a little too happy. Maybe he was just glad to have survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #17 Posted June 16, 2013 GROUND CAMPS OFLAG 64 Personnel Card from a 179th Infantry , 45th Division officer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #19 Posted June 16, 2013 This ID card was issued to Ike's personal Aide who was captured in North Africa in 1943. I even have a signed photo of Ike he gave to this man in 1945 after he was liberated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #20 Posted June 16, 2013 STALAG XIIA Personnel Card issued at Stalag XIIA to a 821st Tank Destroyer Bn vet . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #22 Posted June 16, 2013 STALAG VIIB Personnel Card issued to a 45th Division veteran captured at Anzio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share #24 Posted June 16, 2013 Well folks, this wraps it up. I hope you enjoy seeing these examples. If you have any, feel free to add them to this thread! Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted June 16, 2013 Share #25 Posted June 16, 2013 ive loved seeing them Kurt fantastic pieces of history !! i have been commenting on them as you have been posting them !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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