Sick with malaria, on a 150-200 mile, three week forced march from one German POW camp to another, Edgar Kuhlow heard one German guard talking about him to another guard - Daah blibt heea in Deutschland leigen (He is going to stay laying here in Germany). Having already survived brutal combat at Anzio and in southern France, as well as seven months of incarceration as a POW, Edgar Kuhlow was determined to survive and prove the German guard wrong. This podcast tells Edgar Kuhlow’s harrowing story.

Edgar Kuhlow and John Ulferts

Battle of Anzio - Trench warfare

Battle of Anzio - Wounded GI

The Battle of Anzio claimed 43,000 Allied and 40,000 German casualties

Stalag II-D Stargard

Memorial to 65,000 prisoners of war who died at Stalag II B at Hammerstein

Sick American prisoner of war at Stalag XIIA Limburg

GIs sharing a blanket

Jim Dorris displayed an equal measure of courage and compassion in WW 2. His deep Catholic faith provided him with a moral compass that guided him through combat at the Battle of the Bulge, Ingolsheim, Wurzburg, Schweinfurt, and Furth. He was a true light in the darkness of WW 2 resisting senseless cruelty whenever he saw it regardless of which side – be it the Nazis or the US GIs – who committed it. Nearly six months of combat wasn’t enough to prepare Dorris for the hell he witnessed when he walked through the gates of Dachau concentration camp to liberate it. Still, his deep faith guided him even there, and enabled him to find a sign of God’s love in the darkest of places. I am thrilled that Jim’s son and my good friend, Stephen Dorris, is joining us for these two episodes. Stephen will give voice to all of Jim Dorris’s quotes in both episodes.

Jim Dorris autobiography My View of WW 2

Jim in basic training - a photograph sent to his mother

Jim Dorris in the service

Jim and Charlotte Dorris

Jim and Charlotte Dorris outside their home

Jim and Charlotte with all of their grandchildren

Jim Dorris, John Ulferts, and John's daughter, Ashley, during their visit in 2019

Jim Dorris displayed an equal measure of courage and compassion in WW 2. His deep Catholic faith provided him with a moral compass that guided him through combat at the Battle of the Bulge, Ingolsheim, Wurzburg, Schweinfurt, and Furth. He was a true light in the darkness of WW 2 resisting senseless cruelty whenever he saw it regardless of which side – be it the Nazis or the US GIs – who committed it. Nearly six months of combat wasn’t enough to prepare Dorris for the hell he witnessed when he walked through the gates of Dachau concentration camp to liberate it. Still, his deep faith guided him even there, and enabled him to find a sign of God’s love in the darkest of places. I am thrilled that Jim’s son and my good friend, Stephen Dorris, is joining us for these two episodes. Stephen will give voice to all of Jim Dorris’s quotes in both episodes.

Jim Dorris - My View of WW 2

Young Jim Dorris in uniform

Jim in basic training - picture taken to be sent to his mother

Jim and Charlotte Dorris church photo

Jim and Charlotte Dorris

Jim, his wife Charlotte, and all of his grandkids

Jim, John Ulferts, and John's daughter, Ashley, during our last visit