Concentration camp at Erfurt? - Aircraft of World War II

Zero02 · 10-07-2008, 09:39 PM

I am doing a work on the biography of my grandfather, a WWII ex-veteran

from the Dieppe Raid. I was looking for the camp where he was held after being catured, and I heard he was in a camp close to Erfurt, Germany.

Someone know if Buchenwald concentration camp is the one close to Erfurt?

Airframes · 10-07-2008, 10:48 PM

You sure Concentration camp, not POW camp? I've got some stuff somewhere on some of the Kriegsgefangener Lager (POW Camps), but it will take ages to find it. However, I'm sure there's someone here that will be more helpful.

Zero02 · 10-07-2008, 11:03 PM

Sorry for the mistake :S, I saw that about that camp and is why I was asking too. What also confuse me is that there were some POWs at Buchenwald, some airmen captured, but they were later transferred.

Thanks, but I just find the POWS camps, I read on a newspaper from some years ago. I think I found the two POWs camps he were, Molsdorf and Vacha.

The newspaper say that, but when I look on internet, Molsdorf is for women??? and I dont find Vacha?
do someone know information about these camps?

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 10-08-2008, 02:08 PM

Yes Buchewald is near Erfurt. They are in the same state of Thüringen.

10-07-2008, 09:39 PM	#1
Zero02 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3	Concentration camp at Erfurt? I am doing a work on the biography of my grandfather, a WWII ex-veteran from the Dieppe Raid. I was looking for the camp where he was held after being catured, and I heard he was in a camp close to Erfurt, Germany. Someone know if Buchenwald concentration camp is the one close to Erfurt?

10-07-2008, 11:03 PM	#3
Zero02 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3	Sorry for the mistake :S, I saw that about that camp and is why I was asking too. What also confuse me is that there were some POWs at Buchenwald, some airmen captured, but they were later transferred. Thanks, but I just find the POWS camps, I read on a newspaper from some years ago. I think I found the two POWs camps he were, Molsdorf and Vacha. The newspaper say that, but when I look on internet, Molsdorf is for women??? and I dont find Vacha? do someone know information about these camps? Last edited by Zero02; 10-07-2008 at 11:15 PM.

10-08-2008, 02:08 PM	#4
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	Yes Buchewald is near Erfurt. They are in the same state of Thüringen. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

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10-07-2008, 10:48 PM	#2
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	You sure Concentration camp, not POW camp? I've got some stuff somewhere on some of the Kriegsgefangener Lager (POW Camps), but it will take ages to find it. However, I'm sure there's someone here that will be more helpful.