Winfield Rosenberg, a native of Lititz, Pennsylvania, was a private in the US Army assigned to the 106th Infantry Division during World War II. Initially, the US War Department notified his parents the he was missing-in-action (MIA) on 16 Dec 1944. In March 1945, the War Department again notified his next-of-kin that he had became a prisoner of war during the "Battle of the Bulge." He was sent to Stalag IX-B at Bad Orb, Germany. Rosenberg said that in Feb 1945 the commandant of the camp ordered "all American prisoners who were Jewish were to report to a certain barracks." What followed for Rosenberg and 349 other American prisoners of war was a transfer to Berga am Elster, a Buchenwald subcamp. At Berga, they were assigned to work in the mines. Allegedly, the SS guards deliberately starved them. Rosenberg was eventually liberated from a German hospital by units of the 90th Infantry Division. He lives in Lewes, Delaware.
From the description of Records and photographs relating to American Jews held as prisoners of war during World War II clippings telegram letters article photograph. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122546277
