Welcome to The Kriegie Foundation
The Kriegie Foundation is focused on honoring and preserving the memory of World War II Prisoners of War (POWs) with the help of their family and friends.
This site will be focused on providing information and resources to people that want to learn about and research POWs.
We welcome original content from the family and friends of POWs, as a way to share their stories and keep their legacies of sacrifice and bravery alive. Please use the ‘Contact Us’ form at the bottom of the page.
kriegie
(ˈkriɡi) noun
Military slang
an Allied prisoner of war in a World War II German internment camp
News Release
Kriegie Kids: On Our Fathers’ Trail -- The film explores through the eyes of their children, WWII POWs and a 600-mile death march across Poland and Germany in 1945
Watch the brand-new ‘Kriegie Kids’ Documentary
The film follows five strangers, brought together almost eighty years after the end of World War II, to follow the paths their fathers endured as German prisoners of war. They call themselves “Kriegie Kids,” children of US airmen who were shot down and taken as prisoners of war by German forces. The Kriegie Kids follow their fathers’ trail through Germany and Poland, learning about their fathers’ closely guarded secrets.
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