Lettera risalente alla Seconda Guerra Mondiale scritta da un prigioniero di guerra tedesco detenuto in Louisiana, USA. Dettagli nei commenti. [OC]

This letter was written by an Adalbert Voss. He was a German Soldier who had been captured in the war. Based on the date, he was likely a part of the Afrika Korps. He had been brought over to the United States and was kept in Camp Livingston, in Louisiana.

At Camp Livingston, German POWs, who arrived in the summer of 1943, were engaged in various labor activities to support the local economy and war effort. They often worked on farms, assisted with logging and forestry tasks, and participated in construction and maintenance projects, including building roads and camp facilities. These activities helped alleviate local labor shortages, with POWs receiving small allowances for their work.

The letter reads:

“ 26 October 1943

Dearest Edith!

Once again I can write a little letter to you. I have just come from a neighboring camp where we played with our table tennis team today. I also played diligently. You have to distract yourself wherever possible. It would be best to have a regular job every day. Tomorrow I’m going back to the cotton harvest with 20 men. I’m curious to see what it’s like. Unfortunately, I still haven’t received any mail from home. It seems so strange to all of us that there is so little mail.

Various comrades in my room have already received mail. Gifts of love have also arrived several times from the German Red Cross.

Incidentally, I also met two people from Remscheid during a visit to our chapel in a neighboring camp. One is Werner von Dorft, whom my father knows well from the Neuenhaus community. We want to meet more often now. I’m waiting so eagerly for mail from you and my parents. I hope nothing has happened.

Now, my dear, greetings and kisses from the bottom of my heart and be commanded to our faithful God,

Your very caring Adalbert. Many greetings to my parents and yours. “

Camp Livingston would be deactivated in late 1945. The German prisoners would be sent back to their home country.

I wonder what happened to him once he got back from the war prison

I have a few similar ones from my grandfather who was in Crossville Tennessee.