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Comment by Mel on October 7, 2017

Posted by Mel on October 7, 2017 at 5:05 p.m.
Re: Six POW logging camps in Ontario

My dad used to talk about these camps alot. He used to visit the abandoned shelters and things. He often thought he'd find something like treasure. Wonderful article.

Comment by Volker Kabel on November 11, 2015

Posted by Volker Kabel on November 11, 2015 at 5:14 p.m.
Re: The Aliceville (Alabama) Museum and Cultural Center

My Grandfather was a POW in Alabama.
I Guess he stood in Aliceville.
Do you know if a Ernst Heinrich Kabel stood in the camp!?

Thank you

V. Kabel

Comment by Martin on November 2, 2014

Posted by Martin on November 2, 2014 at 6:31 p.m.
Re: War Diary of Internment Camp No. 135: Jan 5-11, 1945

The Farnham camp seemed to have two names/numbers - at first it is referred to as "Camp A", but then it becomes "Camp 40".

My father-in-law was a German civilian refugee who was interned in England in 1940 and taken to Canada in SS Ettrick. He was at Farnham camp from the start (they were in tents and had to construct some of the solid buildings themselves) until he was released and was returned to England a few months later.

Comment by Scott Lawton on February 17, 2013

Posted by Scott Lawton on February 17, 2013 at 9:33 p.m.
Re: Veterans Guard of Canada

I periodically get requests to help track down information on someone who served in the Veteran's Guard. Here are some links from a contact at Veterans Affairs Canada:

- Order service records of WWII servicemen from LAC .

- Access attestation papers of Canadian WWI servicemen on-line and also order WWI personnel files from LAC (as Veterans Guards of Canada members had originally served in the WWI).

I also have an email contact that I will share on request.

Feb 17 NOTE: if you emailed recently, please try again; the email address wasn't valid.

Scott

P.S. The image is from a glossary page that has a short entry on the Veteran's Guard.

Comment by Scott Lawton on July 21, 2012

Posted by Scott Lawton on July 21, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Re: In the news: WW2 POW camp in Stark, NH

To add some context to the above comment:

The original model of the painting could be from Frans Hals circa 1580-1666 -- just a guess.

As for Franz Bacher in Stark, NH, here's a quote from the book Stark Decency by Allen Koop: "Meanwhile, back at Camp Stark, rumors flew about the fate of Franz Bacher, the camp's only prisoner of war to elude capture for more than a month."

One of our posts has links to the author and book.

Comment by john bernard on July 21, 2012

Posted by john bernard on July 21, 2012 at 5:38 p.m.
Re: In the news: WW2 POW camp in Stark, NH

I have an oil painting signed franz bacher after franz hals

Comment by Joe McWilliams on July 18, 2012

Posted by Joe McWilliams on July 18, 2012 at 6:22 p.m.
Re: "The Long Road to Repatriation"

I enjoyed reading the small piece by Leo Hamson about the items he and his colleagues collected from the departed German POWs. That bit about making phonograph needles out of rosebush thorns is priceless; who would have imagined something like that was possible? Not me, but it's not the first time I've heard people remark about the resourcefulness of some of those POWs. I've talked to local people who worked with and lived near the logging and sawmill camp at Fawcett Lake and they were impressed by how those fellows could make things and fix things.

Comment by Scott Lawton on July 9, 2012

Posted by Scott Lawton on July 9, 2012 at 9:24 a.m.
Re: Page 17: The lumberjack camp at Fawcett Lake

Here's a local article with some background info on the camp: When the Germans came to Fawcett Lake.

Comment by Sheila Willis on June 27, 2012

Posted by Sheila Willis on June 27, 2012 at 6:44 p.m.
Re: Page 17: The lumberjack camp at Fawcett Lake

I am working on doing a history tour of the Smith, Alberta area which is the nearest town to Fawcett Lake. I would like to include a bit about the POW camp but am looking for more information - it is kind of hard to come by. If you can help me please let me know. Thanks a bunch!

[Editor's note: if anyone has info to share, please send to msjtz@slavelakecomm.com. Info on their local tour is at http://www.facebook.com/MooseRiverTours ]

Comment by Lynne Miess on October 3, 2011

Posted by Lynne Miess on October 3, 2011 at 1:55 p.m.
Re: War Diary of Internment Camp No. 135: Jan 5-11, 1945

[Editor's note: here's a request we received as a comment; if anyone has the info, please share.]

I would like to know the Internment Camp No. for the one in Farnham, Quebec and any information on it. Thank you.

Comment by Robert Gangloff on February 19, 2011

Posted by Robert Gangloff on February 19, 2011 at 9:58 p.m.
Re: Six POW logging camps in Ontario

[Editor's note: here's a request we received as a comment; if anyone has the info, please share.]

I dont know if you can help me or not im interested in finding out about a German pow camp that was located about 25 miles up the Red lake highway.
My father worked there when he was about 16 and intersted in finding any information i can on this camp.

Comment by Susana on November 9, 2010

Posted by Susana on November 9, 2010 at 10:32 a.m.
Re: Canadian Escapades now available as an ebook

Hi Scott,

thank you for your answer.

Our system is also sentence-aligned. If you click on one sentence (in the source language), the corresponding one in the target language turns on :)

Comment by Scott Lawton on November 9, 2010

Posted by Scott Lawton on November 9, 2010 at 5:46 a.m.
Re: Canadian Escapades now available as an ebook

Thanks for the link.

One difference: yours is still aligned by page rather than sentence.

Still, it's well done -- especially with a selection of languages. If you need tips on converting to ePub, let me know. It's easy for someone who is familiar with xml/html ... and not that hard in general for someone willing to learn.

Comment by Susana on November 9, 2010

Posted by Susana on November 9, 2010 at 5:37 a.m.
Re: Canadian Escapades now available as an ebook

Congrats, I find it a very good idea. Some years ago I implemented something similar, but for the web and using javascript.

http://www.usc.es/chesga/index.php?lang=en&url=contos

Maybe we should consider now to convert from the original XML we use into ePub, also.