Seeking Records of 4189th Labor Service Group

Dear Jürgen,

I am sorry that I am responding so late, but Corona hit the family and .....

The 4189th Labor Service unit has an interesting history:

14 Mar 1946 activated at Mannheim-Käfertal, the official Labor Service Training Center

27 Jan 1947 Moved to Heidelberg

8 Jun 1949  Moved to Schwetzingen

15 Jun 1956 Moved to Mannheim

1 July 1956  Deactivated in Mannheim

mission of the unit was to guard US installations

Have a great day

Raymond

Hello Raymond,

I am also seeking similar information. I don't know if you are able to help or not, but anything would be a great help. My Uncle Henryk Rasala 21/12/1926/27 was employed as as Camp Guard at the 4071st Labor Service Company between 1946-48. Any information on this camp and where I might be able to obtain service records would be a great help.

Thank you so much,

all the best,

Edd

Good morning Veronika,

sorry for the late reply, but I was out of the area. Here is the info I can provide:

4092nd LSU:

Activated 15 Jul 1946 in Käfertal/ Mannheim at the Civilian Guard Training Center: The Center was responsible for training , equipping and transfer of unit throughout.

22 Dec 1946 Transfer to Dachau. The guarded the War crime suspects during the Dachau trial.

21 Apr 48 Transfer to Milbertshofen/ Bavaria

6 Mar 1951 Transfer to Verdun/France

10 Sep 1951 Transfer to Robert-Espagne

15 Jun 1956 Transfer to Vassincourt

1 Feb 1958 Transfer to Billy Le Grand

1 Jul 1961 Deactivated

4507th LSU:

Activated 21 Jun 1954 in Vassincourt/France

1 Jun 66 Transfer to Trois Fontaine

1 Jul 1966 Transfer to Vitry Le Francois

1 Dec 1966 Transfer to Verdun

31 Mar 1967 Transfer to Miesau/Germany

1 April 1967 Deactivated in Miesau

Many LSUs were transferred to Germany during FRELOC (French Relocation) and then deactivated and many Polish guards returned to France because of family. Some emigrated to other countries like USA, Canada etc.

I hope that helps a little. If you need more information, please use my private emails. That way I could send attachments easier.

Have a great day

Raymond

Bonjour Marie

if you need information about the Polish Labor Service in France, I do recommend to look into the following book:

Les Americains en France ISBN 978-2-35763-173-1. The book has a chapter about the Labor Service organization that I wrote. If I can help, please let me know

Have a great day

Raymond

Good afternoon Veronika,

as time goes by .....   I am now able to provide more personal information. Do you have any records, exact name etc

Any information you can provide would be helpful.  Did he died while assigned to any Labor Service guard company?

Let me know if I can help

Have a great day

Raymond

Edd

i am meanwhile capabpe of tracing individual members of the organization. Do you have any records, ID Cards, IRO/UNNRA records that you could provide?

Have a great day

Raymond

Hello Raymond,

I read the book. It was very interesting. Thank you very much for your testimony and for all that you do to tell the story of these men and their families.

I know more about the person I'm looking for. His name was Stanislas Durkac. He was born in 1932 in Komarno in Czechoslovakia (according to IRO Card). I think he was near Nancy in 1953 as a Polish Guard.

Could you help me to know more about him?

Bien à vous

Marie

Bonjour Marie,

merci pour votre message.  Mon Francais est tres mauvais, parce-que je n'ai plus l'habitude de le parler. So lets continue with English.  Could you please send a copy of the documents you have? Please also use my email to send them.

A bientot et bonne journee

Raymond

Hi Edd,

please have a look at the following site. You will find records. Still working the Labor Service files.

Have a great day

Raymond

https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/search/person/79641936?s=rasala%20hendryk&t=222915&p=0

Bonjour Marie

I just wanted to let you know that I am still working your case. Federal agencies in Germany are very slow in answering letters and mails. So please be patient.

Bonne journee

Raymond