Germans Behind Wire at POW Camp; Lt. Staluka is CO
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Germans Behind Wire at POW Camp; Lt. Staluka is CO
Description
250 prisoners, 65 U.S. personnel, and one medic. The camp was started in late 1943 and disbanded in 1946.
Most of the prisoners spoke German with a few who could speak English.
They built tables, mounted animals, painted, turpentined, stacked peanuts, and helped farmers.
"The farmers didn't pay the prisoners directly, but they normally gave them money for cigarettes and other things. The personnel in the camp woud give them cigarettes and ... money to buy a few luxuries."
"Located on a field about 500 feet square. It had four guard houses without windows. There were flood lights so that no one could escape. There were ten strings of barbed wire around it and in it."
Most of the prisoners spoke German with a few who could speak English.
They built tables, mounted animals, painted, turpentined, stacked peanuts, and helped farmers.
"The farmers didn't pay the prisoners directly, but they normally gave them money for cigarettes and other things. The personnel in the camp woud give them cigarettes and ... money to buy a few luxuries."
"Located on a field about 500 feet square. It had four guard houses without windows. There were flood lights so that no one could escape. There were ten strings of barbed wire around it and in it."
Publisher
The Wiregrass Farmer
Date
unknown
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Citation
“Germans Behind Wire at POW Camp; Lt. Staluka is CO,” Turner County Project Digital Archive Repository, accessed November 1, 2025, https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/1126.
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