213441 Cpl. Walter Dorman My father, Walter Dorman, was a POW in Stalag 8b-344. He was captured in Crete about June 1941. He was a Jewish soldier from Palestine. His Stalag number was 6399 and his rank Corporal, I don’t know his unit.
He never wanted to tell us what he saw in the camp or suffered there. We know he was in the Battle of Tobruk. He got some medals for his action in the battle and we were told he and two other friends escaped the death march in Germany.
Because he was born in Germany, he and his friends were able to find their way to the English and American armies. We have some photos from the camp and postcards written to his wife in Israel. We know that love kept him alive, and the hope he never lost, to come home.
In 1945 he got to England and met his sisters and young brother who lived there. After a few months he was standing again and went to Israel. He and mom died in 1998 within four weeks of each other. He was 82 years old. We love him and mom very much. Love kept them together in war and peace.
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