Obergefreite [Corporal] Heinz-Joachim Bartels of the German Luftwaffe was a prisoner of war at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, during World War II. He was captured in Sicily in the summer of 1943. Bartels worked as an interpreter and in the prisoner-of-war hospital at Camp Robinson. These letters were written to Bartels' uncle and his uncle's family in Brooklyn, New York. The first letter, dated January 10, 1944, is probably not the first one written by Bartels since he refers to earlier letters. The last letter, dated May 3, 1946, was written the day before he left Arkansas to be repatriated to Germany.
This collection consists of letters written by Heinz-Joachim Bartels while interned as a prisoner of war at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, during World War II.
- Heinz-Joachim Bartels, Camp Robinson, Arkansas, to Hans Haase and family, New York City, New York. (Box 1)
- 1. 1944 January 10: Dear uncle Hans, aunt Anna and cousin Greta!
- 2. 1944 April 21: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna and Cousin Grete!
- 3. 1944 June 30: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Grete and Husband Henry
- 4. 1944 October 20: Dear Uncle Hans, aunt Anna and cousin Grete!
- 5. 1944 November 27: Dear cousin Greta, uncle Hans and aunt Anna!
- 6. 1944 December 30: Dear uncle Hans, aunt Anna, cousin Greta and husband Henry!
- 7. 1945 January 4: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna and Henry
- 8. 1945 February 9: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta and Henry!
- 9. 1945 March 20: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta and Henry!
- 10. 1945 May 17: Dear cousin Greta, uncle Hans and aunt Anna!
- 11. 1945 July 20: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta and Henry!
- 12. 1945 August 8: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta and Henry!
- 13. 1945 September 25: Dear Uncle Hans and Aunt Anna!
- 14. 1945 October 19: Dear Uncle Hans and Aunt Anna!
- 15. 1945 October 26: Dear Aunt Anna!
- 16. 1945 November 20: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Greta and Henry!
- 17. 1945 December 12: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta and Henry!
- 18. 1946 January 3: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta and Henry!
- 19. 1946 February 6: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta and Henry and little Susan Ann!
- 20. 1946 March 14: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta, Henry and little Susan Ann!
- 21. 1946 April 3: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta, Henry and little Susan Ann!
- 22. 1946 April 20: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta, Henry and little Susan Ann!
- 23. 1946 May 3: Dear Uncle Hans, Aunt Anna, Cousin Greta, Henry and little Susan Ann!
