Records and photographs relating to American Jews held as prisoners of war during World War II clippings telegram letters article photograph.

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Records and photographs relating to American Jews held as prisoners of war during World War II clippings telegram letters article photograph.

Relates to Winfield Rosenberg's experience and the experiences of some of his American Jewish comrades at Stalag IX-B, Bad Orb, Germany, and at Berga am Elster, a Buchenwald subcamp. There also is some information about a death march involving Rosenberg and other American prisoners of war, and their subsequent liberation by the 90th Infantry Division.

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United States Army Infantry Division, 90th.

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Rosenberg, Winfield.

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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 ...

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 106th

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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Deutscher Volkssturm

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...