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11-19-2007, 05:25 PM
http://www.examiner.com/a-1056846~Former_enemies_stand_together_to_honor_WW_ II_German_POWs.html
German U-boat commander Werner Henke was shot and killed in a suicidal attempt to escape from his American enemies during World War II.
He was among thousands of Axis prisoners captured while fighting for the Nazis. But more than 60 years later, U.S. and German military officers shook hands over his grave Sunday and spoke of friendship.
This is a tradition that has lasted more than three decades, bringing together members of the German Embassy, the Fort Meade command group and the German Wives Club to remember the 58 prisoners who arrived at Fort Meade in September of 1943, and the 33 who died in captivity. Henke is the only officer among the 33 German soldiers buried in Fort Meade’s Post Cemetery.
German U-boat commander Werner Henke was shot and killed in a suicidal attempt to escape from his American enemies during World War II.
He was among thousands of Axis prisoners captured while fighting for the Nazis. But more than 60 years later, U.S. and German military officers shook hands over his grave Sunday and spoke of friendship.
This is a tradition that has lasted more than three decades, bringing together members of the German Embassy, the Fort Meade command group and the German Wives Club to remember the 58 prisoners who arrived at Fort Meade in September of 1943, and the 33 who died in captivity. Henke is the only officer among the 33 German soldiers buried in Fort Meade’s Post Cemetery.