Today when I arrived home a letter from the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz- Suchdienst awaited me.  I have to admit the contents were, for me extremely exciting!  The only challenge I have with the documents is that three of the four pages are in Russian.

Perhaps a kind reader is willing to help me understand the Russian text. (download Docs)

Based upon the Suchdienst records, we have identified photos from one of my Oma’s camps (see below). More information on the Camp is also available at: Gulag Memorial DE.

Here are the documents:

The text from the Suchdienst follows:

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz
DRK-Suchdienst Munchen
Chiemgaustr. 109 81549 Munchen

Mark F. Rabideau
711 Nob Hill Trail
80116 Franktown/Colorado
Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika

Munich, 15.01.2010
Senger, Frieda, born: 19.03.1898 in Zeyervorderkampen/Werder

Dear Mr. Rabideau,

Thank you for your inquiry of 07 September, 2009.

The research in our archives, which included the records received from The Central Archives of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on German prisoners of war and civilians in Soviet captivity, revealed the following record for Mrs. Frieda Senger:

She was taken a prisoner by the Soviet Army on March 17, 1945.

Since 1935 she was organized by the Empire antiaircraft union [ger.Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB)].

On July 7, 1945 she was transfered from the camp 507 (Cheljabinskaja region/ Satkinskij district/ village Bakal) to the working battalion No.1083 (Cheljabinskaja Region/City Kopejsk/ Station Potanino) of mobilized germans.

She was discharged for repatriation on July 1, 1947.

Unfortunately, further data are nonexistent.

According to our record cards dating back to the post-war-years, the last known address of Senger Frieda was from January 9, 1955: Lindenburgweg 202 (or 262), Weitheim/Murnau.

Enclosed, please find a copy of the file in the original Russian language. Due to the quantity of the documents, which come to us to work off, we cann’t unfortunately translate these records . We ask kindly to excuse us.

At present we dont have any other records from The Central Archives of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on your other relatives: Richard Senger, Frieda Senger, Erich Senger und Luise Senger.

The information from our record cards you will receive in a separate letter.

Sincerely yours,

Anna Repa
case worker
German Red Cross
Tracing Service Munich
Generalsekretariat Suchdienst
Standort Munchen
Zentrale Auskunfts- und Dokumentationsstelle
Chiemgaustrasse 109
D-81549 Munchen
Tel. (089) 68 07 73-0
Fax (089) 68 07 45 92
www.drk-suchdienst.org
info@drk-suchdienst.org

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