Der ostpreussische Eisenbahner und die Amerikaner

Name of traveller

*Siegfried Kugies

Reason for travel

• prisoner of war after World War II

Date of travel

1946

Content

• agriculture: descriptions of typical work undertaken on private farms and interaction with the farming communities
• language:
  • helps out as interpreter between other PoWs and British army
  • preferential treatment owing to his language skills allows him to work on private farm yard
• politics:
  • as prisoner of war in Wales after return from prison camp in USA and Belgium
  • work in prison camps in west Wales, replacing Italian PoWs

Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

autobiography

Citation

*Kugies, Siegfried. Der ostpreussische Eisenbahner und die Amerikaner. Trebur, 2010. Print.