Selected Extracts from the Colditz Guestbook
1996-1999
Also names of those seeking family contacts
Selected Guestbook entries 1996 - 1999
1043 - Nov 8 1999
Mark J. Zesewitz
My family originated in the Colditz area. The
town of Cesewitz I believe. If anyone knows
anything about my last name or family, please
respond to this posting.My address is as
follows. Mark J. Zesewitz 120 lansing Rd.
South. Schenectady, NY. 12304 Any information
would be greatly appreciated.
938 - Jun 27 1999
Roger Harris
I really want to visit Colditz castle but haven't been able to do so yet.
Your web site has been a helpful substitute!
* 937 - Jun 27 1999
Michael A. Colditz My
grandparents told me a lot about the castle
926 - Jun 22 1999
David Hall I want to visit
as I have read every book on the Colditz POWs that I can find. This is
a very good home page!
925 - Jun 21 1999
Amanda Barnard These castles are
magnificent, I really love archtecture. I want to become an architect (hopefully)
myself one day.
920 - Jun 12 1999
Magpie Alas,
I will never get a chance to visit, much as I would like to. I would love
to visit both the castle and the museum
917 - Jun 7 1999
Amanda Winstead I will
never be in Germany - it's just too far away. It sounds like a truly enchanting
place but I'm afraid I found this page by mistake. I was looking up information
for a report on the Holocaust. I didn't find any though. I'm from Indianapolis,
Indiana, USA. This is a nice page.
915 Jun 5 1999
John Richards Hi Just
looking for info as I will be in the area in next two weeks and wish to
visit on my way to Dresden by road.
913 Jun 3 1999
Kathy Griesinger What an amazing place I can't wait to see it
for myself.
* 912 May 31 1999
Douglas Kolditz
I would like to find out more about Colditz. I will be in Germany in August.
When we came to America we changed the C to K.
910 May 30 1999
Bilder der Stadt
Colditz : Pictures of Colditz : Hans Kiosze Jedes Schulkind in
England kennt Colditz, und Sie? - Every schoolchild in England has heard
about Colditz. Have you? Hans Kiosze war in Colditz geboren und wohnt in
Dresden : Hans Kiosze was born in Colditz and lives in Dresden. his website
is ; http://www.01019freenet.de/Kiosze/index.html (AFA)
908 May 26 1999
Brian Polley Two
colleagues and I visited the castle last Saturday and we could'nt escape
from the place! Well worth a visit but it is going take an awful lot of
money to restore. Please keep us informed about progress.
907 May 26 1999
Chuck Goodman You have
very beatiful Pictures of this area
905May 24 1999
Hans-Werner Kiosze
Pictures of Colditz. http://www.01019freenet.de/index.html. Link exchange.
I have a link to your site on my site. Could I get a link on your cool
site please?
902 May 221999
Michael Feeny Having
read about Colditz as a POW castle some 30 years ago it was very interesting
to visit (at last)during May 1999.
900 May 19 1999
Melissa Stang Great pictures, My parents will be visiting
germany in 2 weeks.
899 May 15 1999
howard silverberg I am very
interested in german history, I was a soldier stationed in Maastricht Netherlands
from 1981 to 1984
894 May 71999
jan Timon Mojet meine vater ist
in die krieg WO II ins kriegsgefangenis gewezen
893 May 71999
Debra Secondino You have a great site I love to visit
it daily keep up the good work!! I will visit again soon:)
* 890 May 1 1999
Debbie von Colditz My family
name is von Colditz, and I would love to have some more information on
it.
889 May 1 1999
Lorna Reid I enjoyed your
site. I didn`t think I`d find anything colditz related, not many people
seem to have such and interest as me, but I was wrong! Thanks very much,
keep up the good work! :-)
886 Apr 24 1999
DANIEL PRAKASH JAMES
I've read about colditz so many times. since I can't afford to visit it
physically this is the next greates thing. thank u!
876 Apr 14 1999
Amanda Barrios This site is really spiffy!
875 Apr 14 1999
Tim Norton
I enjoyed my visit to your town while on a business trip to Berlin from
the U.S.. I will plan to return someday. You can see some of my pictures
from the trip at the following page of my web site: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~norton/projects/axaf/bessy_sights3.html
873Apr 12 1999
Dalton F. Jones, Jr
My first visit. Recently saw a program on our "History Channel" that drew
my interest. Therefore, I am now exploring your site.
871Apr 8 1999
Lorenzo Merín Molina I visit Colditz in 1992 and
I want to say thank you to all the people of this wonderful village who
was so kind with us during our visit. We love the second world war history
and it was amazing to visit the sonderlager 4C and also the museum. Special
thanks to Cornelia Schifer who helped us in our visit to the castle. Greetings
from Spain. Lorenzo. My URL is not available yet but if you want to contact
me you can do it in my adress C/ Cervantes 19 2º IZQ 02001 ALBACETE
SPANIEN
870 Apr 2 1999
Mona Durdel I wish I had been on the net before going
to Germany as My husband and I woulkd have seen than we did. Our son is
in the Air Force and I spent most of my time there cooking and just enjoying
being with him...
860 Mar 20 1999
Renee Wilson I'm helping with
researchfor school project for granddaughter
859Mar 13 1999
James King Just reached your site and greatly impressed.The
castle has always interested me ever since I was a school boy and read
all about Douglas Bader,Airey Neave and the great escapes etc. Keep up
the good work and I look forward to the day when I get enough sheckles
together and get over there. All the best in the future.
858Mar 12 1999
Christian Warum gibt es diese Seite nicht auf deutsch?? Colditz
liegt doch noch in Deutschland???
857Mar 10 1999
Holly Cramer We hope you enjoyed the
website cause I did
854 Mar 9 1999
Stefan Gave me the A in Grade 9 German on art in Germany.
850Mar 8 1999
Andrew This site
is pretty cool and helped me with a grade 10 german project on castles
845Mar 3 1999
stefan fantastic site.I went there in august 1997 and
it was an amazing experience having been into the whole colditz story since
childhood.
843 Mar 1 1999
Joe Bowe I used to live next
door to John Watton the artist. I was only a child and had no idea of the
"celebrity" living next door. When I was about 8 he drew ny portrait. A
prized possession. I wish I could talk to some ex veterans about their
wartime experiences.
842Mar 1 1999
Tim Whitford Australia Thank
you for your very informative site. I was able to visit your beautiful
town and it's schloss in the freezing cold winter of 1997. If anyone wants
to read a good book on the Australian Colditz experience they couldn't
go past Jack Champ and Colin Burgess' book "The Diggers of Colditz" printed
by Kangaroo Press (ISBN 0-86417-839-5). Thanks once again.. Tim Whitford
837 Feb 21 1999
Robert Lorenzen
My grandfather was born in Colditz in 1859 .His name was Karl Paul Sonntag..
His father was Karl Heinrich Sonntag. I would love to contact a distant
cousin in Colditz if one exists.
822 Feb 8 1999
harvey maxwell - birmingham uk I have had the great pleasure
of visiting the castle on two occasions, (1991 & 1994) and found the
experience most facinating. Long may the castle remain in safe and respectful
hands.
816 Feb 5 1999
Antje Meyer nur selbst
sehen ist besser
811 Feb 1 1999
WebIndex MTL
Gruesse nach Colditz - click below for more Websites of the Muldentalkreis
804 Jan 20 1999
Douglas
Kolditz When our family first came to America we changed our
name from colditz to Kolditz. I would like to find out how colditz castle
came to be and if I could have any relatives still living in Colditz Germany.
803 Jan 19 1999
Swen Wingenfeld update colditz.de
796Jan 15 1999
Jonathan Goodliffe
Very impressive! Would you be interested in seeing some material from another
POW camp? If so please visit the attached site. Would you like to include
a link to it? I will put a link to your site on my web page.
792 Jan 101999
Miss Lavinia Kortlang
I am very pleased that there is information about Colditz Castle on the
internet, as my grandfather Sir Rupert Barry was there for a time. Although
I never met him in person it gives me great pleasure reading about the
castle in which he spent a long time in. Thank you. Lavinia Kortlang
770 Dec 14 1998
John Cabot Reid MacLeod I am Pat Reid's grandson,and I
am sure he would be very proud of this site,Thank you.
765 Dec 7 1998
John M. Johnson
My great grandmother, Elinor Dietze, died 9 November 1919 in an "Institute"
in Saxony. Could that "Institute" have been the old hospital in Colditz?
We believe she had mental health problems. One son, Clemens T. Dietze came
to the USA and raised his family. Another son, Bruno, owned a flour mill
in Gödlau near Elstra. ( Note: Quite possibly AFA)
762 Dec 2 1998
Timothy Leek You have a great
service that has allowed me to completely restore the faith in Germany
amoung all of my friends in The United States and in Mexico
760 Nov 30 1998
LEONARD WALKER, VERO BEACH FLORIDA
JUST RETURNED FRON COLDITZ CASTLE -IT'S AN ENDURING TRIBUTE TO THE HUMAN
SPIRIT.
752Nov 12 1998
Christina Knight I'm the
editor of Fodor's Germany 2000, an annual travel guide to Germany, published
in New York. I'm researching information on castles.
748 Nov 10 1998
Roy France Wonderful to
see Colditz Castle on 27/10/98. Many thanks to Stephie Schubert for her
kindness to my wife when she was ill. Thanks to the Chief for the ride
to Großbothen Bahnhof. Hope to visit you again
745 Nov 8 1998
Ryan Colditz I am proud to be a
Colditz after seeing this great site that gives insight to what Colditz
Castle was and still is about. One goal of mine is to make it to the Castle
to see what my ancestors were a part of. Thanks again for making this great
site.
742Nov 3 1998
Webindex MTL
Gruesse nach Colditz - click below for more Websites of the Muldentalkreis
Eintrag Nummer: 731 Oct 20 1998
M.Krause If you can
help me find a castle to get married in mail me at cgshawk@hotmail.com.
I live in the United States and would like to get married in a castle.
Do you have any sites you think I should look at?
729 Oct 20 1998
william
j colditz
714Oct 111998
Gérard Blais - Canada
I am looking for Lager-Bezeichnung Oflag IV D. Where is it? A friend of
mine (a French officer- Jean PERON)spent 4 years in that camp as war prisoner:
1941-1945.
699 Sep 15 1998
RENATE SCHEGUNOFF ICH
MOCHTE GERNA VISAN WO ICH GABOREN BIN ICH HABE GELAPT IN COLDIZ DRASTNER
STR 32 WIT DE FAMLIE WYMANN.
(I would like to visit where I was born. I lived with the Wymann family
in Drastner Str. Colditz)
689 Sep 7 1998
H.A.Forster One day I hope
to visit Colditz.Keep up the good work.
682Aug 19 1998
Ellen Reimann Schoen, mal wieder ein Stueck Heimat zu
sehen!
679 Aug 18 1998
H A Prowse I once met Airey Neave, one of our British
officers who escaped from Colditz. He told me he just dressed as a German
officer and walked out of the gate; he thought the television series was
a little exagerated.
678 Aug 18 1998
Lana Lorenzen My Grandfather
was a POW Col. George L. Descheneaux Jr. CO of 422nd Reg 106 Div (19 Dec
45 Thru 24 Apr 45) I'm researching any information you can provide on Stalag
XIIA or if you have any information on him personally. He also mentioned
that he stayed in a castle for a short period of time. Please write me
at 4153 Lancaster Ave, New Windor, NY 12553 Thank you.
676 Aug 11 1998
Peter Doel I visited Colditz August 1998. Very interesting indeed.
The local people are very friendly and it is a pretty litle town. I would
like to go again in about three years time when more areas are open for
inspection
674Aug 11 1998
Marcus Gee my Grandfather
Howard Gee was intereed within Colditz in the 2nd world war as a journalist,
i am searching for information
672 Jul 19 1998
Dagmar Langhoff Bomark,bomark@desertlink.net Ich
suche meine Verwandschaft in Colditz.Eberhard oder Bernd Schwarzmueller,ihre
Schwester Renate eine geborende Schwarzmueller.Liane und wilfried Steinmueller,habe
seid ueber 30 jahren nichts von ihnen gehoert.Wenn jemand sie kennt,bitte
E-mail oder schreibe D. Bomark P.O. Box 575, Salome, Arizona, U.S.A.
671Jul 18 1998
Gary Lorentzen Hallo, Colditz!
Ich bin Deutschlehrer in Vancouver WA USA und habe gerade erfahren, dass
eine Schuelerin von mir bald nach Colditz hingeschickt wird. Sie ist Teilnehmerin
im Congress-Bundestag Austausch. Wir haben Ihre Webpage gefunden, und ich
dachte mir, ich wuerde Sie begruessen. Jennifer (sie heisst Jennifer Zahrt)
wird bei der Familie Zocher wohnen. Und ich muss sagen, sie freut sich
sehr darauf! G. Lorentzen
665Jul 1 1998
Philip X. Hageman Anthony,
it has taken this long to get to this page. I actually came across it a
little by accident, but that is how things happen on the web. My father,
Jacques H. Hageman, is still doing well. Not bad since he turns 80 on 3/8/98.
Wishing you and yours the best and, by the way, nice site. PXH.
654 Jun 4 1998
Stephen Colditz I would
be interested to know if there is a relation between the castle and my
surname. More information about the pre-WW2 history of the castle would
be interesting. A spectacular site!
650 May 27 1998
Donald R. Bruce I thoroughly
enjoyed my visit to Colditz castle and town in May of this year. Thank
you to all for the wonderful hospitality. Thanks especially to Burgermeister
Manfred Heinz for his interest and gift, to Renate Kirsten for his hospitality
and zimmer, and to the young lady in the Colditz Cafe for the strawberry
sundae, and I hope she did'nt get in to much trouble for having her picture
taken with me. Thanks again to all. Donald R. Bruce of the Colditz Society
647May 25 1998
matthew james pando
I love castels Matt age 6
646May 251998
Scott Gallowa
Just got back from a motorbike trip, stayed in the pension "Zur Alten Stadtmauer"
- it was brilliant, recommended to anyone. The town was nice if still under
construction. The Schloss was very interesting.
645 May 24 1998
Major Hugh & Jean Bruce surfing the net with my son-in-law,
so we thought we would say hello. To all our friends from Colditz (1942-1945)
we send our love and best wishes.
639 May 19 DST 1998
Gudrun
Colditz It''s nice to find this website and find my roots. Did
not know that they reached so far back. Hope to get in contact with some
of the other "relatives" out there.
637 May 18 1998
John E. Senffner Looking
for any connection to Johannes (Father)and Helena Barbara Senffner (daughter)circa
1716. Any information would be appreciated.
634 May 8 1998
Christopher Haenicke
What a great site! I just happened upon it, but am glad that I found it.
My wife's maternal grandfather had the surname (Nachname) Colditz and was
from the Chemnitz area. His ancestors probably came from the area of the
Colditz Castle. I look forward to seeing it in person!
629 May 3 1998
Sean Turnell I visited
the castle in 1991. It was very out of the way then, and under promoted.
I am impressed to see your efforts here. A childhood reading of all the
escape stories made Colditz Castle a special place for me, and I still
recall the feeling of my first sight of the Castle from the train.
626 Apr 291998
Judy
and Eric von Colditz..keine weiteren Bemerkungen.
621 Apr 24 1998
Jacek Nezdrop site
is ok! please contact me, if you know about a visit from polish - sister
town of colditz - lowicz (if you have any photos ::::)))) please send me)
jean
620 Apr 22 1998
Gudrun
Elisabeth Colditz I am very excited to find my old home on the internet.
I have a very old picture from the castle but I have never been there.
I was born after the war in München and am now living in Vancouver
Canada.
617 Apr 21 1998
Allan Chemnitz
It is so exciting to see where my roots began. I know for sure that my
family originally where from this part of the country.
590 Mar 29 1998
Helmut
A.E.Colditz Bin durch Zufall auf Ihr Web-Page gelandet.In
1959 bin ich nach Canada ausgewandert und es ist mein Wunsch wenigstens
einmal die Stadt " COLDITZ " zu besuchen .Finde Ihre Foto's und Commentare
sehr schoen .
587 Mar 24 1998
pepe hola
581Mar 20 1998
Uwe Colditz Sehr schön gestaltete
Seite, leider zuviel in Englisch (vielleicht ist eine zweisprachige Homepage
möglich?) Weiterhin alles Gute!
578 Mar 19 1998
Angelika Niall Hallo, einer
meiner Deutsch schueler arbeitet an einem Projekt ueber deutsche schloesser
und wuerde gerne informationen ueber das schloss Colditz haben. Ist das
irgendwie moeglich. Wir wohnen in Auckland, Neuseeland. Viele Gruesse Angelika
Niall.
575Mar 16 1998
Dr. Klaus-Peter Eichler
Die Seiten über Colditz sind ansehenenswert, einfach schön. Viele
Grüße von der Küste Klaus-Peter Eichler
556 Feb 28 1998
Rolf Wollnitz Please
provide us with the conditions to purchase the castle for 1 Mark. We are
interested and have a business plan to purchase and restore the castle
under conditions.
551Feb 20 1998
Juan Carlos Cortés
Dear Visitors, Also in Spain we have played "LA FUGA DE COLDITZ" ("Escape
from Colditz"), in the early 80's. I'm very happy to see the "real" castle
in your pages. Wonderful. Congratulations
Jennifer
Kolditz I am interested in the Colditz line of geneology. Spelled
with a "C" or a "K". If you have any information I would love to get in
touch with you. I would love any pictures of Colditz Castle anyone could
send me. Thanks!
Eintrag Nummer: 540 - Wed Jan 28 01:30:09 MET 1998
Lawrence Frappier Enjoyed your site.
I was fortunate to be able to view the collection of Colditz relics when
they were displayed at the imperial War museum in London during the early
'70s. Iwas about ten or eleven years old and it made a big impact on me
that I read anything I can find on colditz as a POW camp. Hope to visit
in person some day. keep up the good work. Monger in Houston Texas.
Eintrag Nummer: 539 - Fri Jan 23 12:05:24 MET 1998
Eric Nowell There is
a Manchester-Chemnitz Society (very small membership). I am a member (I
live in Manchester, although I'm calling from Liverpool) and should the
Society ever get a Web page, I'd liketo have a link to the Colditz page.
I've visited Colditz a couple of times, and also Zschadrass (the hospital,
at the top of the hill, to visit a friend from Chemnitz, who was ill).
I enjoyed the walk.
509 Dec 9 1997
Kimberly
Munnerley The pages were wonderful and fun. My boyfriend's name is
Christopher Colditz. Do you have any information on the Colditz Family?
505 Dec 1 1997
Moris Hall , New Zealand
Great to read about Colditz- well known to New Zealanders.
503Nov 151997
Rusty Horton Ich war diese
Sommer in Colditz. Ich sah da den Burg. Ich war eine Gastschuler in der
Johann-Seume Gymnasium in Grimma. Meine Reise nach Deutschland war viel
spass!!
502 Nov 13 1997
Tom Barker I was Kriegsgefangener
no 12244 In Stalag 303 Teltow, 404 Grossbeeren and Stammlager 4B Mulberg.
I attempted escape 4 times 5th time I made it. If I had not perhaps my
next camp would have been Colditz, since I was masquerading as R.A.F. Sgt.
However this is an interesting page. congrats to the auther.
500 Nov 13 1997
Elliott Great Uncle escaped in 1944 (Harry Elliott)
481 Oct 20 1997
Dr. Klaus-Peter Eichler
Die Seiten sind einfach gut und zeigen Colditz so, wie ich es kenne und
mag. Ein Link vom Markt zum anderen Ufer der Mulde, nach Thumirnicht, sollte
nicht länger fehlen. Gibt es eigentlich ein unterirdisches Tunnelsystem
vom Schloss zum Markt oder gar noch weiter? Was soll aus dem Schloss werden?
445Aug 20 1997
Kolditz, Volker
my parents are from goerlitz, germany, i know that some of our relatives
own a brewery and a cafe in colditz, used to be called at least cafee colditz,
i want to know more about colditz. I live now in new york, but would like
to know more about "colditz" If u have a chance to e-mail me some more
info, I would like that. On my next trip to Germany, which is twice a year
on business I would like to come visit. My son is into castles, he would
appreciate that even more. thank you sincerely volker kolditz
440 Aug 5 1997
John Murray Vancouver Canada: Very intresting, helped
me remember much of my trip to Colditz Castle
434 Jul 24 1997
Therese Conrad Lott My
Grandfather Arthur E. Conrad and his brother Walter P. Conrad were from
Colditz Germany. My Grandfather Arthur was an aide to Kaizer Wilhelm. He
imigrated from Germany to Canada and from there ended up in Virginia Beach
VA. His family owned 2 buildings side by side in Colditz. The bottom floor
was a shoe store and the top was a living quarters. This is all I know.
Hope to some day be able to visit Colditz! Blessings, Therese Conrad Lott
432 Jul 23 1997
Kenneth William Colditz
My family roots originated in Colditz, I'm trying to find out more information
about the Colditz family and area.
431 Jul 211997
Ursula Johnson
I am of german descent and a graduate of french language and english literature
at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. I found your home page
through Dr. Anderson. It is of great interest to me and thankyou for the
time and trouble you've taken to place such delightful and informative
data on the Internet.
427 Jul 16 1997
Amy, USA The website
was very helpful...I fully plan on visiting Colditz while I am living in
Germany. Thanks for the info!
414 Jun 16 1997
Maurice Shannon My
father was a POW in Colditz and I'm trying to learn more about the castle
and the POW's experience there.
401 May 311997
JOHN COLDITZ From
an Australian distant relative!
399 May 28 1997
Wolf Zscheile Gibt es den
Namen "Zscheile" noch in Colditz ?? Meine Vorfahren lebten dort um 1600-1700
398 May 28 1997
Garry Willgoose
I'm very interested in the history of castle. My grandmother was Esther
Colditz and family stories link us to the Colditz family line. Her father
emigrated to Australia from Hannover in 1872 and I was wondering if there
is any information on the Colditz family tree.
387 May 91997
Freddie Neave
I am related to Airey Neave who led the first escape from Colditz, how
about that???
385 May 7 1997
Nick Duval I was
the assistant producer of the Anglia TV film "Flight from Colditz" We had
a great time making the film. We had made two one third scale models of
the glider made and we launched them using radio control from the planned
launch site. There is no doubt that given good weather conditions, that
the glider would have succeeded. One of the models is now in the Colditz
Museum. Good wishes to all the wonderful folk in Colditz.
381 May 5 1997
Karl A. Loose My emotions
are at a peak rigt now. Both of my parents were from Colditz as well as
all my other relatives. I had the opportunity to visit Colditz at 12 and
we always heard about Colditz growing up. As a matter of fact right now
in our house my wife and I have a large painting of the Schloss (castle)
in our living room. This past September my Uncle Hans Apel visited us from
Colditz and showed us many current pictures and brought us up to date on
current life there. This was the first time I saw him in 36 years and our
visit was fantastic! I only wish my parents had lived to see the re-unofication
of Germany. If anyone has any stories and wishes to E-Mail me, bitte mach
das! Karl buffet@nothinbut.net
373 Apr 271997
Sabine I grew up in Leipzig and live now in Texas. I am
glad I can show my 6 year old daughter all the places I have been when
I was a little girl. Thank you for the tour through Colditz!
372 Apr 26 1997
Peter Champ
I have always been fascinated by Colditz as my father was a POW there for
2 years. He has recently had his book "The Diggers of Colditz" republished.
The book details his overall experiences as a POW, his 2 escape attempts
and final incarceration in Colditz. The book also tells the stories of
the other Australians in Colditz. Details of the book are: "The Diggers
of Colidtz" by Jack Champ and Colin Burgess, published by Kangaroo Press,
Sydney, ISBN #:0 86417 839 5
361 Apr 191997
George Roswell I love
to visit places that I cannot visit.
340 Apr 5 1997
R. Wilhelm Kolditz keep
working on our ancestry
337Apr 2 1997
Anthony Chitea
I received some "Colditz" porcelin as a gift and looked for the word on
a search engine. Very interesting page. Thank you.
325 - Thu Mar 13 21:31:01 MET 1997
Judy Singerman Very nice site.
I'll be adding it to TravelSpots , for
our visitors and members to see! Regards, Judy Singerman webmaster@travelspots.com
324 Mar 13 1997
Colditz is now signposted on the Autobahn. At last Colditz is
on the map! It is now signposted on the Autobahn to the same level as the
Kreisstaedte (district capitals) Grimma and Wurzen. (AFA)
323 Mar 10 1997
CRISTINA ROSA FLECH I'M FROM
NOVO HAMBURGO, RS - BRASIL, AND LOVE GERMANY
322 Mar 1997
RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH GREETINGS
TO THE PEOPLE OF COLDITZ FROM YOUR NEW PARTNERS IN NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, MERSEYSIDE,
ENGLAND. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL.
320Mar 1 1997
Kelvin Bray and Deborah Bray
Deborah and I and our son Morgan stayed with Frau Kasten in January this
year.Our visit to Colditz was pleasant, enjoyable and memorable. We look
forward to our next visit. Please keep us informed of events and developments
in Colditz and let us know if there is anything we can do to assist in
the promotion of the town and the castle in Australia. Best Regards Kelvin
Bray
303Feb 17 1997
Karsten
Mueller I often visit the village Grossbothen which is
near Colditz. There Wilhelm Ostwald, the only one Nobel Price winner of
Saxonia, worked and lived. If you visit Colditz you must also visit Grossbothen.
Now please have a look to http://hpleo.leopoldina.uni-leipzig.de/users/muellerk/grossbothen
Colditz is a very beautiful town in a nice countryside.
269 Jan 191997
Daniel Balge Vielen
Dank fuer die schoene Heimseite und die virtuelle Fuehrung. Als Kind habe
ich P.R.Reids "Escape from Colditz" vielmals gelesen. In der Fruehlingszeit
'94 oder '93 hatte ich die Gelegenheit Schloss Colditz zu besuchen und
eine wunderbare Fuehrung zu geniessen. Noch einmal, danke schoen! Alles
gute. Daniel Balge
Eintrag Nummer: 265 - Tue Jan 14 09:46:23
MET 1997
Joachim F. L. Sommerfeld Ich
habe gerade mein Gedicht hier wiedergelesen: Leider ist es zeilenmaessig
voellig verhunzt worden... Wenn mir jemand per e-mail schreibt, werde ich
es gern in der Originalform, in der es hier haette erscheinen sollen, nochmal
senden... Mit herzlichen Gruessen, Joachim Sommerfeld...
264 Jan 14 1997
Joachim F. L. Sommerfeld Ich
hoffe, dass das Folgende hier Platz hat, und dass es vollstaendig bei Euch
ankommen wird. Am 27. Januar 1957 schrieb ich das folgende Gedicht, das
vor allem aus meinen Erfahrungen in Colditz entstand:
Schnee
Schnee faellt,
und ich sehe --
anderen Schnee fallen:
Schnee, den Kinder werfen,
aus dem sie Schneemaenner bauen,
und Hoehlen;
Lachen hoere ich --
und ich sehe --
Schnee fallen:
Schnee, den die Glut von
Bomben und brennenden Haeusern
schmilzt.
Mein Mantel,
nassgeworden in der Eimerkette,
ist steifgefroren,
hart und kalt wie ein Sarg. --
Und ich sehe --
Schnee fallen:
Schnee, durch den die
russischen Gefangenen marschieren,
gesenkten Hauptes, aber
noch im Leid nicht ohne Gesang --
Schnee, durch den die
ungarischen Juden getrieben werden,
von denen ich nur die
angstgrossen Augen sehe.
Und ich sehe --
Schnee fallen:
Durch den die ostpreussischen Fluechtlinge
mit ihrer armseligen Habe stolpern:
"Wir sin ja jlaeich da, Jrossvatter!"
Aber Grossvater im Handwagen
hoert nicht; er wird nie mehr ankommen;
denn er ist tot.
Und ich sehe --
Schnee fallen:
Der die Ruinen deckt,
auf dem die von Lastwagen gefallenen
Kohlebrocken leuchten, um die sich
Maenner, Frauen und Kinder
schlagen, weil zu Hause der Ofen
kalt ist --
Und
ich sehe
Schnee fallen ...
---- Copyright: Joachim F. L. Sommerfeld JoachimLeo@aol.com
263 - Tue Jan 14 09:19:28 MET 1997
Joachim F. L. Sommerfeld I
have written to this site before. I am a former resident of Colditz (4.
Dezember 1943 - Summer 1945). Write to me in German or English, anytime.
Gruesse, Joachim
262 Jan 13 1997
vanhaverbeke Ich sah nichts in dieser Web-site
255 Jan 8 1997
Kay Hoskins I visited wonderful
Colditz in 1993. We were looking for relatives-descendants of Richard Richter
a master shoemaker and part time postmaster of Colditz. We loved the town
and since have thankfully found loving Colditz relatives. I there there
are more cousins! We hope to return to Colditz soon, meet our relatives
and spend more time getting to know the city.
254 Jan 6 1997
Bill Rowe a strange and marvelous
transformation. From a prision for bad boys, to a good book, to an electronic
visitors center. Good for you.
252Jan 3 1997
Chris
Wootres I am looking for detailed info on pow home made cooking
stoves. My search started in stalag 357. I have very little detail and
need as much as I can find. E-mail me with any help please.
246 Dec 26 1996
Dr. John von Colditz
My daughter (13 years old) visited the castle this summer. She had a wonderful
time! It was fun for her to see where her family had been, so long ago.
I have enjoyed her pictures, as has her grandfather.
244 Dec 251996
Christmas 1941 and seeing in the New Year 1942
Christmas in Colditz 1941 We had a very happy time, considering,
with good news just before to cheer everybody up. After an Anglo Dutch
church service, we had dinner for the orderlies which officers cooked and
served; several of them failed to complete all courses, which speaks well
for the Red Cross Supply. In the afternoon the French gave a mystery play,
which, considering the great difficulty of doing female parts, and those
of the Christmas story, was very good indeed. The dresses and scenery were
excellent. The French make the most amazing paper creations, with cardboard
corsetry etc., and though the chorus are apt to crack and rattle a bit
at speed, its surprising how realistic they look. Perhaps it helps the
hero to put the right tender note into the love scene, to know that the
heroine has got to last another two nights at least! We had dinner all
together in the evening, the room very gay with crests of all regiments
round the walls - dinner consisted of soup, salmon, pork and peas, Xmas
pudding, sweets and coffee, a pretty good contrast to last year.... The
snow arrived on Christmas night, and should lie now; the most terrific
snowball fights take place after and snowfall before, after (and during)
appell - this disposes of all but the heaviest snowfall from the centre
of the yard and leaves it in ball form round the edges or plastered as
near misses round the doorways...
New Year 1942 We saw the new year in with great verve - we started
off with ourselves and the Dutch, then French Belgian and Polish friends
turned up and finally the whole party formed and went through everybody's
quarters up and down winding staircases and wished everyone a New Year
of Liberation and finally (for about the 4th time) all National Anthems
were sung and the whole snake precipitated itself down the snow slide,
and so, roughly speaking, to bed! ( WFA Letter home Jan 1 1942)
233 Dec 13 1996
Michael
J. REID (Son of Maj. P. R. Reid) Should you wish to write an e-mail
please write in English or French. My father was in Colditz for two years.
1940-1942. He did manage to escape and wrote a very fine book about his
experiences. You may well have read it. All my kindest regards for Christmas
! I shall be away from my computer as of 20/12/96 and will not be able
to receive E-mail until January 8th. Yours Sincerely, Michael J. Reid
231 Dec 12 1996
Joachim F. L. Sommerfeld
Ach, Ihr lieben Leute!!!! Erstens: Ich wuerde mich ueber Post sehr freuen:
Als meine Heimatstadt Leipzig in der Nacht vom 3. zum 4. Dezember 1943
zum erstenmal gebombt wurde, "machten" wir nach "Goltz"!!! Dort ging ich
zur Volksschule (und da ist eine sehr interessante persoenliche Geschichte
drin!). Wir wohnten (zur Untermiete) bei der Familie Grun(e)wald in dem
Haus neben der staedtischen Badeanstalt... Wer weiss schon, wie Colditz
heute aussieht... ich bestimmt nicht. Es verbinden mich viele gute und
auch (leider) traurige Zeiten mit Colditz... Schreibt mir jemand? Mit den
besten Gruessen, Joachim Franz Leopold Sommerfeld 2606 Carlson Drive NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433-1807 U.S.A.e-mail: JoachimLeo@aol.com
228 Dec 5 1996
James Allen Knechtmann You
have a very interesting web page. I am a student of German military history
and Colditz - and Saxony itself - has a rich history in this regard. Would
it be possible for you to add a page about the role Colditz played in the
Befreiungskrieg 1813? The itineraries for the tours of the castles are
very useful, and one day I hope to be able to travel them. So much history!
Lastly, I would be curious to discover if anyone might be able to give
me some anecdotes or documentation for the old military districts of the
Royal Saxon Army of the Second Empire (XII. and XIX. Armeekorpsbezirke)
and Wehrkreis IV of the 1920s, 1930s and World War II.
219 Dec 2 1996
Guenther Weinbach
Hallo, in diesem Gaestebuch scheinen unsere britischen Freunde in der Ueberzahl
zu sein. Nicht nur zur Verbesserung der Statistik sende ich Euch allen
herzliche Gruesse aus Muelheim-Kaerlich (bei Koblenz) und aus Stadtroda
(in Thueringen), wo ich je zur Haelfte zu Hause bin ;-) Die Zeitschrift,
der ich diene, koennt Ihr zunaechst nur als West-Ausgabe unter http://www.such-und-find.de
kennenlernen. Die Ost-Ausgabe folgt in Kuerze. Herzlich willkommen. Guenther
Weinbach
213 Nov 231996
LOTHAR STRAUBE als geborener
Sachse freue ich mich immer auf mitteilungen und neuigkeiten aus der alten
Heimat
178 Oct 29 1996
Dr.J.K.E.Colditz
Nachdems ja keine Mauer mehr gibt koennte man ja mal langs kommen.....
176 Oct 28 1996
Michael A. Pilla Very
nice pictures and well designed web page. I hope to be able to visit in
two years.
167 Oct 22 1996
Joe Bradley, British Embassy Berlin
Office Congratulations on a really interesting NET page. I hope I get
the chance to visit Colditz soon
162 Oct 18 1996
MATTHEW A. PASSINGHAM
my guard unit is returning to germany next year and i am looking forward
to visiting the castle.
Eintrag Nummer: 160 - Thu Oct 17 02:29:13 METDST 1996
Lieutenant
Colonel Thomas A. Kolditz I am looking forward to visiting Colditz
and exploring my Saxon heritage. Waidmannsheil!
155 Oct 12 1996
Godfrey Evans I
have made many visits to schloss colditz and am a friend of frau ruth gloeckner
ex assistant curator of the town museum. mit meine besten grussen .
120 Sep 16 1996
Phill Coleman Visited the site
today. Good work! Site to be listed at: http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6.htm
-- Phill Coleman Senior Librarian The American War Library http://www.amervets.com
Sep 9 1996
Jeounghyuk Lee I`m korean I cannot speak english well..
sorry...
90 Aug 31 1996
Norman A. Zesewitz my father john
h zesewitz was born in colditz 1906
81 Aug 26 1996
Andrea Dietrich Lieber Herr Anderson, herzlichen Dank
für Ihre "Kuppelei" zur Technischen Uni (Herrn Stegemann). Beste Grüße
bis zum Freitag! A. Dietrich (Nachricht bitte über E-Mail Dr. Stegemann)
78 Aug 241996
Marion Franke Viele
Gruesse aus Florida an alle Colditzer
64 Aug 18 1996
Anthony D'Arcy-Irvine My
Godfather K Herman was interned at Colditz! I hear that the museum curator
has great plans to properly market the castle good luck to him an to the
950th anniversary.
FRANCES AND ANDREW BROWN
GREETINGS TO SAXONY FROM NORTHUMBRIA HOME OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS!! GREAT PAGE
BUT I AM BIASSED ( I AM WILL ANDERSON'S GRANDDAUGHTER!!!)
Eintrag Nummer: 12 - Tue Jun 4 20:39:32 MET DST 1996
Janet Horton Hello
from Berwick upon Tweed. The homepage is looking good. Keep the information
rolling along. Would love to hear soon about the events for the festival.
Janet and Ken Horton
3 May 1 1996
Georg Milbradt, Pappritz..keine
weiteren Bemerkungen.
1 Apr 20 1996
uku Viel Spaß beim Colditz Project!