The Hammelburg Affair
The story of “Task Force Baum”, the raid on the Hammelburg Camp
POW STORIES
Cook, James/Norman Fruman Re Oflag Doctors
Cook, Kevin/Bill Rowe Corresp, Re Lt. James Cook
DeSanto, Anthony J. to Bob Thompson
Domes, Peter (German Officer at Saale Bridge)
Drake, Jay - Guest of the Third Reich
Drawings, photos, correspondence
Eastes, Erick - POWs shot at Hammelburg
Harlow, William - report of service and death
Kanaya, Jimmie - Sack of Sugar Incident (letter)
Obrenovic, Aleksandar - Re POW Father
Peck, George W. to Sen. McClellan
Rodgers, John - Hammelburg Account
Roster of American POWs at Oflag XIII-B
Shelley, Marvin E - Account (assoc w Robt Zawada).pdf
Sparks, Felix L. - Aschaffenburg Battle
Strouse, Sandy Re Edward Stangland Diary
Thompson, Bob - Diamonds Story (w/ photos)
Thompson, Bob - Homecoming Story
Thompson, Bob to Oberst Knoche/Helmut Wagner
Whitaker, Richard - Bob Thompson Corresp.
LINK
Task Force Baum Artifacts (short history and relics)
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
German Article - Stadtmuller, Alois
Task Force Baum article - Whitaker, Richard
Task Force Baum Lives Again - 2005
OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
American POWs in Germany - MIS Documents
Confidential Documents from National Archives
Peter Domes - Task Force Baum Personnel List
Report on transfer of POWs from Oflag 64 to 13B
Telegram from State Dept to Colonel Brisee
Telegrams (2) from State Dept to General Bryan
Telegrams from State Dept to General Bryan
GERMAN ARMY DOCUMENTS (some in English)
Col Hoppe - After Action Report (English)
Col Hoppe - After Action Report (German)
Diary of Serbian Officer Konstantin Jovanovtsch
German Army Reports (full section)
Interview with Col Hoppe's daughter (English)
Interview with Col Hoppe's daughter (German)
Letter from Konstantin Jovanovitsch
Letter to Mrs. Hoppe (English)
Mainfrantilche Zeitung (news article w/ Eng summary)
Capt. Abe Baum