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U-35 crew member Wilhelm Janssen
Standing, from left:
Hannes Thieme,
Karl Schnute,
Erich
Bartold May,
Hubert Hirsch,
Wilhelm
Janssen. Seated: Walter
Kalabuch, Paul Liebau, Gottlob
Wilhelm Fischer,
Willi Jacob, Martin
Müller.
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Wilhelm Janssen was born in Lingen, Germany, on 30.X.1913, and after training as a mechanic for the railways during 1928 to 1932, volunteered in the Reichsmarine on 26 December 1932.
A parade of Naval recruits, including Wilhelm Janssen. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen (left) during torpedo training. [64]
The U-35 crew in Spain. Wilhelm Janssen is third from left. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen with a local family in Spain. The child is not his! [64]
on board U-35, with foreign visitors (probably Spanish). Wilhelm Janssen is on the left. [64]
Three U-35 crewmembers in Spain, from the collection of Wilhelm Janssen. [64]
U-35 crewmembers Johann van der Pütten, Walter Kalabuch, Karl Schnute and Wilhelm Janssen cleaning their provisions of bread, which had gotten mouldy. [47]
Wilhelm Janssen is second from left. [64]
on board U-35, from the photo collection of Wilhelm Janssen. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen is holding the cup. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen is third from right. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen is on the right. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen is facing the camera. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen and Paul Liebau depart U-35 after the first war cruise. [32,33]
The crew of U-35 arriving at a Scottish port after being captured. The original caption to this wartime magazine photo read: "Most of the forty-three prisoners expressed distaste at their task of sinking defenceless ships and seemed glad that their share in this type of warfare is finished." Pictured: Ernst Weber, Siegfried Kienast, Gerhard Freier, Wilhelm Janssen,
Siegfried Bruse, Johann van der Pütten, Martin Müller, Karl Sommerer. [19,33,38]
Upon capture, Wilhelm Janssen was assigned POW Number 37332. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen as a Prisoner of War in Canada. [64]
Espanola
POW Camp, Canada.
A photo of POWs who formed a theatrical group.
Wilhelm Janssen is in the back row, third from right.
Heinz Küfner is in the front row, second from left. [65]
Wilhelm Janssen became an interpreter during captivity, and was promoted to Obermaat in 1940. He was briefly hospitalized in 1941 at POW Camp 21/E (Espanola), Ontario, and again in 1943 at POW Camp 133 (Lethbridge), Alberta. [64]
Wilhelm Janssen was repatriated on 31 December 1946. He was employed by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German railways) until his retirement.
Wilhelm Janssen in about 1970. [64]
Johannes Weigand and Wilhelm Janssen in Berchtesgaden on vacation in 1980. [64]
The 1980 reunion in Emden, Germany.
L-R: Albert Schrader,
Hans-Joachim "Jonny" Roters,
Friedrich-Wilhelm Vollmer,
Willi Jacob,
Paul Liebau,
Heinz Pfeifer,
Martin Müller,
Gustav Horstkötter,
Wilhelm Janssen,
Werner Lott,
Karl Sommerer,
Erich Bartold May, Peter von der Helm,
Gerhard Stamer. [55]
Wilhelm Janssen passed away on 28.VI.1982, and is survived by his wife Wilma Janssen.
Hilmar Hundertmark, nephew of Wilhelm Janssen, is a major contributor to this website.
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