Mon grand-père sur cette carte du Stalag IX A Ziegenhain

[Radica]

Cette conversation est issue du sujet consacré aux Stalags.

I CAN IDENTIFY one person in this photo(standing fourth from the left).

The tall Gentleman is my GRANDFATHER!!! So I was surprised... the tears in my eyes when I looked this photo.
My lovely Grandpa was from ex Yugoslawia - Serbia.

I appreciated the interesting photos and information. Thank you very much!

[Radica]

The sudden bombardment of the camp in Ziegenhain bez Kassel...

Photo #1
At the memorial service there were many people in their uniforms. . Prayers were said for the dead and for the well being of the living by French and German priests. There was a unity in the expressed feelings of grief for the dead it no longer mattered in Which uniform and son, father, brother, or friend had died and who was from Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Italy, France ... Any sharp divisions that may have existed in our common dissolved sadness.


Photo #2
MY LOVELY GRANDFATHER (+1990)

[Radica]

Konz. lager Ziegenhain:
The funeral ceremony After the bombing innocent peoples.

Photo #3
The Frenchmen at the funeral of their officers, soldiers and other prisoners. Maybe you can recognize any of these people?
P.S. The photos are not crisp and clear ... I'm sorry..



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Photo #6

[Radica]

For my Grandfather MILOJE STEPANOVIC.


I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, MY DEAR GRANDPA

I feel your spirit everywhere
that seems to calm me down.
I hear your voice in my dreams,
I can't get you out...
My days were turned around
when you left this life!
Please, I am begging you
protect where you are.

I love you here on Earth!
You made me smile each day.
Your hug brought me happiness
when i was feeling down.
I NEVER FORGOT how you talked...
I NEVER FORGOT how you smiled...
I need you here to guide me
through the days and nights of my life.
I LOVE YOU, grandpa!

I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!

I need to feel your hugs,
but i need you to protect me
where ever you are...

Even though i can't see you,
i know your near...
Even thought i can't hear you,
i know you talk to me...
Even though i can't hug you,
i know you'll protect me
everyday of my life.

WHERE EVER YOU ARE
I NEED YOU HERE WITH ME!
NEVER FORGET,
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, MY DEAR GRANDPA!!!

You're in my heart,
And there you'll stay,
And be remembered everyday,
Forever I will think of you!

photo #7
STEPANOVIC MILOJE (Serbia), STALAG IX A Ziegehain (Kassel). No, du prisonnier 62651. No, du Commando 401.

[Radica]

These cards were priceless mementos for the soldiers' families!

Photo #8
Seventy-two years ago (22. XII 1941.), my grandfather sent this post card his wife...

[Radica]

MEMORIES OF CAPTIVITY

My grandfather received a pocket watch from his best friend Frenchman.
My lovely grandpa left me a pocket wach.
His memories will always stay with me...like a box of treasure which can only be opened by me!

pfoto #9


photo #10
GRAND PRIX PARIS 1900 - ZENITH

[Radica]

Miloje Stepanovic is in the second row, first from the left (crouched).

photo #11

Stalag IX A Kdo 1324-01


photo #12

The stamp on photos

[Radica]

LIFE GOES ON - WRITING MY OWN STORY

My grandfather passed away in 1990, and I gave birth to my son 1992. in Kassel - just 50 km north of Ziegenhain. Everything is possible!!!
I truely believe that God is sending my family and I this baby to fill the void that my grandfather left when he died.

photo #12
Kinder- untersuchungsheft


I want to say, that I'm definitely going to Germany, again. I will have a guided tour around Ziegenhain, which offers me a experience of local history - Between 1939-1945 located in what is today the township of Trutzhain was a prisoner of war camp, the STALAG IX A Ziegenhain!
I promise!

photo #13

[Radica]

My grandfather was a Commander of the border post at the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Ten years he was a border guard in Slovenia... and was then arrested and taken to a camp in Germany.

photo #14
Hand write on this photo:
"My best friend... Beware!" - 20. 01.1938. Slovenia - Maribor, Pohorje


And then, 1941...a prisoner... where suffering from starvation and disease.

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photo #16
1954... AFTER many years . At the time, the social and economic situation of our country is extremely difficult.
My grandpa was visibly decrepit and thin...I'M FEELING PITY FOR HIM...

[Radica]

CPArama,
MERCI BEAUCOUP!

Having the opportunity to be at CPArama was one of the greatest blessings in my entire life.This was one of the most emotionally draining times in my life. Thank you... ....Thank you so much!

Sorry for my irregularity...Everyone will be understand me... One love, one heart, one destiny - It is the pure Language of the World! It required no explanation...


photo #17



Merci.... Merci beaucoup!!!
With love,
Radica from Serbia...

[Philipj]

Bonsoir...,

J'ai également un parent qui a été fait prisonnier à Dunkerque le 4 juin 1940 et emmené au Stalag IXA.... Il a été rapatrié le 7 janvier 1942 lors d'un échange de prisonniers...

Quand votre photo a-t-elle été prise ?

J'aimerais trouver plus d'informations si possible. Une idée de l'endroit où les chercher ? Merci,
Philippe.