tarbridge Posted November 30, 2015 Share #1 Posted November 30, 2015 Here is a Co-Pilot group to 2nd Lt.Raymond Leroy Grass from Normandy, Missouri. I have highlighted some of the pieces on this POW group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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USdog Posted November 30, 2015 Share #7 Posted November 30, 2015 Great group. Love the POW tag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes Posted November 30, 2015 Share #8 Posted November 30, 2015 Great group. The wartime log is just fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted November 30, 2015 Piece of German bread, soil from the POW camp,Playing cards and Luftwaffe fork and spoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tarbridge Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted November 30, 2015 There are a couple hundred photos and negatives included, Grass was a photographer by Trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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katieony Posted November 30, 2015 Share #14 Posted November 30, 2015 Robert, Really interesting and historical group...thank for sharing! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted December 1, 2015 Share #15 Posted December 1, 2015 Love this group Robert ( should be no surprise !) The presence of that oval POW confirms my suspicion that POWs didn't just wear square tags. I have a Luft 1 oval tag not far off in number from yours. A German tag collector tried to tell me it was a guards. Yours proves otherwise. Exceptional group, Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted December 1, 2015 Share #16 Posted December 1, 2015 Wow ! Nice find ! Exceptional indeed. Wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted December 1, 2015 Share #17 Posted December 1, 2015 Great group Robert! That one is a real beauty! The Wartime log is super. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted December 1, 2015 Share #18 Posted December 1, 2015 Truly an amazing group. Such a great story it tells from beginning to end. The drawings and unbelievable photos are the best. It's like being there without having to suffer through it. Is it at all possible that he might have been Jewish ? Everyone I've known with the last name Grass was Jewish. If he was it makes the story that much more harrowing. What a treat and thanks for taking the time out to let us see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schofield1943 Posted December 1, 2015 Share #19 Posted December 1, 2015 Is it at all possible that he might have been Jewish ? Everyone I've known with the last name Grass was Jewish. Found some stuff on him on Ancestry...he was married in 1947 by a Lutheran Minister. Also found a pic of him from what looks like maybe the mid 1970s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted December 1, 2015 Share #20 Posted December 1, 2015 If he was Jewish, you can tell from the Barracks # he was held in. In January 1945, the Germans moved all of the Jewish POWs in Stalag Luft 1 into a single barracks to seggregate them. I do have a large POW group to a Jewish American who was held in Luft 1 and have his Wartime Log. His large POW ID card has JUDEN written on the bottom of it. He talks extensively about the concern they had because the Germans seggregated them. Based on his diary, he did say that other than being seggregated, the Germans did not treat them any differently than the others POWs (at that camp). The same can not be said of other camps such as Stalag IXB at Bad Orb. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted December 2, 2015 Share #21 Posted December 2, 2015 Outstanding group, Robert. Congrats! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted December 2, 2015 Share #22 Posted December 2, 2015 WOW. That is awesome. The drawings in the diary/log are fantastic. And the bread haha!! Very nice grouping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share #23 Posted December 2, 2015 What bread...a big man has to eat...kidding of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozarkian Posted December 3, 2015 Share #24 Posted December 3, 2015 Thanks for sharing Robert. Great to see items from a fellow Missourian. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceysPOWProject Posted January 31, 2016 Share #25 Posted January 31, 2016 Those photographs are absolutely amazing. Do they look to be unofficial shots? The war log was also very interesting, I loved the page of "Kregie Kraft" as that's where most of my study interests lie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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