The Coffee House Philosopher

The German Afrika Corps in Alva – Part 2

 


My next contact with former inmates from the Alva German POW camp occurred when their 50-year reunion was held in Alva in 1995 at the Sirloin Stockade (now a closed Mexican restaurant.) Stan Almgren was the owner/manager at the time. Roughly thirty-five former POWs were present at the banquet, and German dinner manners were very much on display for local citizens in attendance – especially for the Alva ladies.

As an example, if an Alva woman were being introduced to a former POW, the ex-soldier would snap to attention, click his heels loudly, bow deeply from the waist, gently take the lady’s h...



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