Diether Heycke was transported to America aboard a Liberty ship and sent to Camp Indianola. From there he was transferred to the Faribault, Minnesota Branch Camp of Camp Algona, where he worked picking and canning sweet corn. In the autumn of 1944, he was sent to Bena, Minnesota, where he worked felling lumber. Following the war, Heycke returned to Germany and found employment at the Magdeburg Machine Tool Factory, where he worked until his retirement in 1989.

Ernst Kohleick was captured by Allied forces near Marburg, Germany on March 29, 1945. He was shipped to America on the USS Henry Middleton, a Liberty ship. He arrived in Algona in May, and remained there for the rest of the war. Kohleick returned to Germany to find his family home destroyed by Allied bombers, but his family was safe, and he was able to return to his studies. Start your own free website. A surprisingly easy drag and drop site creator.

Richard Jaeger was held at Camp Algona from March 1944 to January 1945. He was captured in Italy in 1944, and spent six weeks making the journey to America. Once there, he worked on several farms harvesting crops, and at a cannery. After the war, Jaeger remembered the good treatment he received at Camp Algona. He remembers being well fed and was able to make positive connections with his American guards and employers. Start your own free website.

Werner Meinel spent time in both Camp Algona and the Owatonna, Minnesota Branch Camp. He was one of the few prisoners to escape Camp Algona, spending the evening with a local girl and her brother before returning to the camp voluntarily. Start your own free website. A surprisingly easy drag and drop site creator.