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Heimkehrer returning from Soviet custody in Berlin, March 1948The mother of a Heimkehrer thanking West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer for negotiating the return of her son on 14 September 1955
Heimkehrer (literally "homecomer") refers to World War II German prisoners of war and internees—Wehrmacht (Heer), Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Ordnungspolizei, behind-the-lines Hiwi security and civilian personnel—who were repatriated to West Germany, East Germany and Austria after the war. Some of the late returnees were convicted war criminals who were subsequently tried in West Germany.
By 1948, the number of German internees still held in captivity by major Allied powers was as follows:
Heimkehrer (literally "homecomer") refers to World War II German prisoners of war and internees—Wehrmacht (Heer), Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Ordnungspolizei...
Friedlandpreis der Heimkehrer ("Friedland Prize of the Returnees") is an artistic and literary prize of Germany donated by the Association of Returnees...
Carinthia, and World War II. Its full name is Ulrichsberggemeinschaft / Heimkehrer- und Europagedenkstätte ("Ulrichsberg gathering / Returning soldiers'...
soldiers in the war. The monument was commissioned by the Verband der Heimkehrer, Kriegsgefangenen und Vermisstenangehörigen Deutschlands (Association...
Blau-Weiß Linz in June 2018 on a two-year deal. BW Linz verpflichet Malta-Heimkehrer Kreuzriegler, sportv2.orf.at, 7 June 2018 Martin Kreuzriegler at WorldFootball...
September 1960, when ex-prisoners of war and deportees, homecomers (German: Heimkehrer), from all around West Germany and West Berlin met for a convention in...
1991) Das Frauenbad und andere jüdische Geschichten. Munich 1994 Der Heimkehrer. Eine Verwunderung über die Nachkriegszeit. First ed. Munich 1995 Die...
Mountains. In late 1955, Hartmann was released as a part of the last Heimkehrer. In January 1997, over three years after his death, Hartmann's case was...
During the post-war period, the fate of German prisoners of war and Heimkehrer (those released from imprisonment) were central themes in everyday German...
Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2008. "Heimkehrer Copado hat den Aufstieg im Visier" [Homecoming Copado has promotion in...
1980: The Creation, Elayne Art Gallery, Minneapolis 1982: Ernst Haas: Heimkehrer (Returning Soldiers), Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg 1984: St. Louis Botanical...
Klippe as Frau Wenndorf Bertha Picard as Frau Pöschmann Walter Pose as Heimkehrer Arnold Risch as Gendarm Shandley p.159 Shandley, Robert R. Rubble Films:...
2017. Retrieved 29 March 2023. Feller, Céline (26 January 2019). "Der Heimkehrer – Marcel Herzog wird Talentmanager beim FC Basel" [The returnee – Marcel...
Akademie Tutzing was founded in 1947 in Tutzing, Bavaria, as Evangelisches Heimkehrer- und Freizeitheim. It was first an academy for doctors. Gerhard Hildmann...
territories. After their departure, it became temporarily a home for the Heimkehrer and then, until the end of the 1970s, it was old people's home run by...
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