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Camp Howze Museum

Death Certificate of Johann Kaup

Item

Title
Death Certificate of Johann Kaup
Description
Corporal Johann Kaup was a prisoner of war at Camp Howze who died by suicide (asphyxiation by strangulation). This could be related to the pro/anti-nazi conflicts within the German prisoner of war camps. Kaup is buried in the Fort Reno Post Cemetary in Oklahoma.
Date
1945-06-11
Subject
German prisoner of war
German
pow
Camp Howze
death certificate
Texas
prisoner of war