By Valerie Campbell
The camp held a few prisoners akin to Gunter d'Alquen, the journalist; Otto Kretschmer, the 'Wolf of the Atlantic'; and Paul Werner Hoppe, former commandant of Stutthof focus Camp in Poland. The historical past of its inception and construction are defined, as is the lifestyle of the prisoners. even though a few have been allowed out of the camp to paintings on neighborhood farms others, who have been labelled as 'black', denoting their high-risk prestige, weren't. even if, them all had the chance to benefit new talents or research the various diversified classes that have been on supply in the back of the barbed twine. quite a few get away makes an attempt have been made yet the entire prisoners back to the camp, both via selection or necessity. local community provide their account of the camp with many having fond thoughts of the theatre teams and orchestras; one in every of which performed at an area girl's wedding!The camp had a profound influence on Caithness which endures to today throughout the friendships outfitted up over its time as Prisoner of struggle Camp a hundred sixty five. It brings jointly a plethora of knowledge with hyperlinks to different camps, not just within the united kingdom. The position of the London District Cage, notorious for its interrogation of prisoners of warfare, is usually explored as is its influence at the camp's heritage, together with the case of the scientist Paul Schroder who labored at the V2 bomb. The Polish squaddies stationed in Caithness, who lived for a little while within the camp earlier than its prestige replaced, also are incorporated within the e-book as they too had a substantial influence on Caihtness and its humans. "Camp one hundred sixty five Watten" might be of specific curiosity to many of us in Caithness, people with neighborhood connections and somebody drawn to army heritage
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As soon as the war was over that situation changed. At the end of the war there were about 350,000 German soldiers in Norway. 15 Those marriages had dramatic consequences for many of these women and their children with German fathers. In August 1945 the Norwegian Government approved a provisional law of citizenship. Every Norwegian woman who had married a German soldier during the war or after immediately lost her Norwegian citizenship. She was to be regarded as a 02 ChildrenWW2 23/6/05 9:33 am Page 27 Under the Care of Lebensborn • 27 German citizen and sent to Germany.
It seems obvious that the loss of jobs was regarded as a form of punishment. In February 1947, local authorities in Oslo allowed 27 women to apply for jobs again, on the condition that they had been suspended without wages or had been without a job for at least one year. All around the country many women who had been seen with Germans or had German boyfriends were arrested and placed in prison or special camps for shorter or longer periods. By the end of May 1945, about 1,000 women had been arrested in Oslo.
The medical situation of her family had to be documented to the full extent. In addition, the German man had to guarantee that the bride could live with his family in Germany. After this scrutiny of family quality, each case would be sent to Germany and be decided by Hitler. 02 ChildrenWW2 23/6/05 9:33 am Page 24 24 • Kåre Olsen The SS and Lebensborn organizations tried to simplify the procedure, but without any success: in fact, during the war conditions became stricter, and the formal procedure might last for two or three years.