Open House at Camp King Oberursel, May 2015

For anyone interested in history, the Historical Society of Camp King in Oberursel is hosting an Open House to coincide with the observance of Germany’s unconditional surrender 70 years ago.

The Open House features:  archival information; film clips; traces of escape tunnels; tours; opportunities to speak with contemporary witnesses.

10 May 2015, from 10:00 – 17:00

Camp King Open House May 2015

Translation:

“We, the undersigned parties, empowered by and in the name of the high command of the German Armed Forces, do hereby declare unconditional surrender…”

Signed in Berlin on 8 May 1945

The Mountain Lodge is still under renovation. The photo was taken on 5 April 2015.

Mountain Lodge Oberursel April 2015

Mountain Lodge Oberursel April 2015

 

Motor Pool Camp King in 1945

Through my continued interest in the history of Camp King, which began with the podcast Graham and I recorded in 2007, I’ve been able to gather more and more information. Through learning more about this part of our German history, my circle of like-minded correspondents has also widened.

My special gratitude goes to Ambassador Dolibois, who gave permission to share 12 special photos. In 1945,  Ambassador Dolibois was stationed at Camp King with the U.S. Army Intelligence. After the war, he was transferred from Oberursel to Luxembourg, and then served as Goering’s interrogator before and during the Nuremberg trials.

For today’s post, I have chosen a few photos taken around the area of Camp King and the adjacent Motorwerke.

Unidentified officer at Camp King in 1945

For more on Ambassador Dolibois’s role as an American interrogator at Mondorf Palace, Luxembourg, listen to his interview on youtube.

Motorenwerke Rolls Royce 1945

The Motorenfabrik Oberursel was occupied by U.S. troops at the end of WW II.

M.I.S. Center Motor Pool at the Motorenwerke  in Oberursel 1945

At the Motor Pool in Oberursel 1945

Motor Pool, Oberursel 1945

The Ambassador has also published Pattern of Circles: An Ambassador’s Story.

Special credit also goes to Hanns-Claudius Scharff, who was instrumental in obtaining these photos from Ambassador Dolibois. His father published  The Interrogator: The Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff: Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe (Schiffer Military History).

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