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The crew of U-35 in Spain,
April 1939. [44]
Albert Schrader is at the back, near the center. |
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A photograph taken of the U-35 crew, including Albert Schrader upon return from the first war cruise. [35]
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Albert Schrader was assigned POW Number 37323
upon capture.
Between 1939 and 1944, he was a POW in the following camps:
Oldham, England: December 1939 to June 1940
Gravenhurst, Canada: July 1940 to November 1940
Fort Henry, Canada: November 1940 to November 1941
Bowmanville, Canada: November 1941 to May 1942
Gravenhurst, Canada: May 1942 to December 1942
Farnham, Canada: December 1942 to June 1943
Grande Ligne, Canada: as of June 1943
In the Gravenhurst POW camp, from left: Gerhard Stamer (U-35), Heinz Erchen (U-35),
Hermann Beckmann (U-27), Albert Schrader (U-35), Werner Lott (U-35), Johannes Franz (U-27), Schilling (L.I. U 33),
Hans Jenisch (U-32), Hans-Joachim Roters (U-35),
Johannes Becker (U-33), Anton Thimm (LI, U-32),
Fritz Erbshäuser (U-32), [unknown].
[76] The dog on the left was named "Hexe" (witch) and belonged to Hans-Joachim
Roters; the dog on the right was named "Flaps" and belonged to Becker.
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U-35 and U-42 crewmembers assembled at a POW camp.
Left to right:
Gerhard Stamer (U-35), Heinz Erchen
(U-35), Hans-Joachim Roters (U-35), Albert Schrader
(U-35), Werner Lott (U-35), Rolf Dau (U-42), Siegfried
Ludwig (U-42), Julius von Gosen (U-42), Otto Meye
(U-42), Max Dünnebier (U-42). [53]
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U-35 crewmembers assembled at the Grande-Ligne POW camp in Quebec, Canada, 1944.Back row, left to right: Gerhard Freier, Heinz Erchen, Hans-Joachim Roters, Gerhard Stamer, Paul Fichte Front row (seated), left to right: Albert Schrader, Siegfried Kienast, Werner Lott, Peter Schwarz, Kurt Grosser. [33] |
Grande-Ligne. Left to right: Gerhard Freier, Siegfried Kienast,
Dietrich Jahr (U-39), Albert Schrader, Peter Schwarz, Paul Fichte. [48]
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Another photo of U-35 crewmembers at Grande-Ligne. Left to right: Siegfried Kienast, Peter Schwarz, Albert Schrader, Gerhard Freier, Paul Fichte, Kurt Grosser. [48]
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A photo of POWs at Grande-Ligne. Included in the picture from U-35: Peter Schwarz, Paul Fichte, Kurt Grosser, Siegfried Kienast, Albert Schrader, and Gerhard Freier. [48]
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Albert Schrader and his life partner, Grete Balke, at an early reunion of the U-35 crew.
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An unofficial reunion of some of the U-35 crewmembers in 1978. L-R: Siegfried Bruse, Friedrich-Hermann Vollmer, Peter von der Helm, Erich Bartold May, Johann van der Pütten, Albert Schrader, Gustav Horstkötter. [20]
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The 1980 reunion in Emden, Germany.L-R: Albert Schrader, Hans-Joachim "Jonny" Roters, Friedrich-Hermann 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] |
Photo: Augustusburg palace in Brühl. L-R: Inge Lott,
Walter Konradt,
Friedrich-Hermann Vollmer,
Hans-Joachim "Jonny" Roters, Martha Konradt, unknown, Lucia May,
Werner Lott, Charlotte
Vollmer, Grete Balke, Wilhelm Silbernagel (guest), Mrs. Silbernagel,
Änne Horstkötter
Gustav Horstkötter,
unknown (girlfriend of Hans-Joachim "Jonny" Roters),
Albert Göbel (U-39), unknown,
Erich Bartold May,
Inge Pfeifer,
Heinz Pfeifer,
Peter von der Helm,
Martin Müller,
Mrs. Schwarz, Maria Weigand, unknown,
Willi Jacob,
unknown,
Johannes Weigand. [54]
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(relative of U-35 Chief Engineer Gerhard Stamer)