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Old February 7th, 2008, 12:53 PM
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Re: New Member -- Kumpel

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Originally Posted by Klaus View Post
Hallo Kumpel!

Welcome to the forum. Why was your father released in 1952? That's 3 years before my greatgrandfather got released. Now that I come to think of it, I never wondered if any prisoners were released earlier. I'll have to look it up.
Do you speak any German?
Some were released earlier, Klaus. Maybe officers only? Field Marshall Paulus was released in 1953 for instance. The last 10,000 surviving POW's were released in 1955 according to my reading, so perhaps others were earlier.
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