Terry Helsley wrote:

 I have just talked with Dr. Fritz Hamer at the SC State Museum. Dr.
> Hamer published a paper on German POWs which was published in The
> Proceedings of The South Carolina Historical Association, 1994.
>
> Hamer interviewed Wolfgang (Peter) Repp in 1991. Mr. Repp, known as
> Wolgang Peter before the war, was held at Fort Gordon (Augusta GA) and
> at the Aiken sub-camp. Repp is someone you should call if he is still
> alive.
>
> Repp told of many drinking guards.  On more than one instance, the guard
> would slip into the woods with his bottle while the German detail
> worked.  At the end of the workday, Repp and other prisoners had to go
> find their guard before returning to camp. This confirms the many
> stories
> on this forum concerning the POWs lack of a desire to escape.
>
> Hamer believes that prisoners who died in the Aiken sub-camp, at least
> earlier in the war, were buried at Fort Gordon GA.  Ft Gordon is/was
> just across the South Carolina/Georgia border from Aiken.
>
> The largest active historical society in the area is probably the one in
> Augusta Georgia. If the site - http://scroots.org/archive.html - is
> working for you, you may find help from that list in Aiken or nearby.
>
> A call to the North Augusta Mayor's office or town Chamber of Commerce
> may put you on the trail of your genealogist.  Don't forget
> www.usgenweb.com which has a link to almost every county in the
> US.  Augusta/Fort Gordon's county in GA is Richmond.  Aiken/North
> Augusta are in Aiken County SC.
>
> Dr. Hamer says that the records of the German POWs are among the Provost
> General papers at the National Archives.  He says that the records for
> SC camps are skimpy but the GA records are better.  Hamer also kindly
> offers his e:mail address because of his interest in the topic.  It is
> [email protected].
>
> If your Mr. Lewis died over 50 years ago in South Carolina, his death
> record could be at the SC Archives.  If not, and you are a close
> relative (which I assume) then you could probably obtain the record from
> the Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC), part of SC
> state government.
>
> Dr. Hamer also cited a Masters Thesis from the University of South
> Carolina by Judy Wyatt, "US Policy Toward German Prisoners of War and
> its Application in South Carolina," 1985.  This thesis can be found
> at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina.
>
> Good luck
>
> Terry Helsley
>

 What possible interest could this subject be on this echo{list}?

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