Der Ruf (newspaper)
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Der Ruf or The Call was a German language newspaper published in Fort Kearny in Narragansett, Rhode Island during World War II by captured prisoners of war. It was distributed to about 140 other POW c
A scan of the front page of the November 15, 1945 edition of the POW paper Der Ruf
A scan of the front page of the August 14, 1946 edition of the paper
Alfred Andersch
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Alfred Hellmuth Andersch was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor. The son of a conservative East Prussian army officer, he was born in Munich, Germany, and died in Berzona, Ticino, Switzerlan
Der Ruf (newspaper)
…simply told to bring his belongings by guards who acted like they wanted to kill him. Upon finding himself at Fort Kearny, he recommended the camp get Alfred Andersch. Andersch and Hans Werner Richter were two of the most important POWs to work on the paper. Before the war Andersch and Richter were communists, and…
Andersch’s grave