Great Escape Forger - Holmstrom Kohnowich, Susan
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Carl Holmstrom's superb artwork depicts life as a 'kriegie' in a unique manner. But, more than that, he spent the major part of his captivity in Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War Camp, famous for 'The Great Escape'. The audacity of the 76 escapees was only matched by the callousness of the Nazis who murdered 50 after recapture.

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Carl Holmstrom's superb artwork depicts life as a 'kriegie' in a unique manner. But, more than that, he spent the major part of his captivity in Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War Camp, famous for 'The Great Escape'. The audacity of the 76 escapees was only matched by the callousness of the Nazis who murdered 50 after recapture.
Autorenporträt
Born in Branford, Connecticut, Carl Holmstrom received a full scholarship to Pratt Institute in New York City. After graduation, he joined the USAAF as a B-17 bombardier but was captured when his plane crashed in Tunisia on his first mission . After treatment for his injuries, he was imprisoned at Oflag 21-B in Schubin, Poland, before being transferred to Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany, where he spent the next two-and-a-half years. In January 1945, he was marched fifty-two miles to Spremberg, Germany, to ride on a box car to Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany, where he was liberated by Patton's US Third Army. Post-war he became a free-lance commercial artist. He married and had four children. Carl died on 3 August 1979.