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U 35 crew member Albert Schrader

Albert Schrader was born on 03 August 1919 in Blumenau/Wunstorf, near Hannover, Germany.
The crew of U 35 in Spain, April 1939. [44]
Albert Schrader is at the back, near the center.
 
A photograph taken of the U 35 crew, including Albert Schrader upon return from the first war cruise. [35]
 

Albert Schrader was assigned POW Number 37323 upon capture. Between 1939 and 1944, he was a POW in the following camps:
Oldham, England: December 1939 to June 1940
Gravenhurst, Canada: July 1940 to November 1940
Fort Henry, Canada: November 1940 to November 1941
Bowmanville, Canada: November 1941 to May 1942
Gravenhurst, Canada: May 1942 to December 1942
Farnham, Canada: December 1942 to June 1943
Grande Ligne, Canada: as of June 1943

In the Gravenhurst POW camp, from left: Gerhard Stamer (U 35), Heinz Erchen (U 35), Hermann Beckmann (U 27), Albert Schrader (U 35), Werner Lott (U 35), Johannes Franz (U 27), Schilling (L.I. U 33), Hans Jenisch (U 32), Hans-Joachim Roters (U 35), Johannes Becker (U 33), Anton Thimm (LI, U 32), Fritz Erbshäuser (U 32), [unknown]. [76] The dog on the left was named "Hexe" (witch) and belonged to Hans-Joachim Roters; the dog on the right was named "Flaps" and belonged to Becker. [33]
 
U35U42.jpg (113746 bytes) U 35 and U 42 crewmembers assembled at a POW camp. Left to right: Gerhard Stamer (U 35), Heinz Erchen (U 35), Hans-Joachim Roters (U 35), Albert Schrader (U 35), Werner Lott (U 35), Rolf Dau (U 42), Siegfried Ludwig (U 42), Julius von Gosen (U 42), Otto Meye (U 42), Max Dünnebier (U 42). [53]
 
GrandeLigne1944.jpg (33662 bytes) U 35 crewmembers assembled at the Grande-Ligne POW camp in Quebec, Canada, 1944.
Back row, left to right: Gerhard Freier, Heinz Erchen, Hans-Joachim Roters, Gerhard Stamer, Paul Fichte
Front row (seated), left to right: Albert Schrader, Siegfried Kienast, Werner Lott, Peter Schwarz, Kurt Grosser. [33]
 
Mannschaft4.jpg (100785 bytes)Grande-Ligne. Left to right: Gerhard Freier, Siegfried Kienast, Dietrich Jahr (U 39), Albert Schrader, Peter Schwarz, Paul Fichte. [48]
 
Mannschaft5.jpg (100807 bytes) Another photo of U 35 crewmembers at Grande-Ligne. Left to right: Siegfried Kienast, Peter Schwarz, Albert Schrader, Gerhard Freier, Paul Fichte, Kurt Grosser. [48]
 
A photo of POWs at Grande-Ligne. Included in the picture from U 35: Peter Schwarz, Paul Fichte, Kurt Grosser, Siegfried Kienast, Albert Schrader, and Gerhard Freier. [48]
 
Albert Schrader and his life partner, Grete Balke, at an early reunion of the U 35 crew.
 
An unofficial reunion of some of the U 35 crewmembers in 1978. L-R: Siegfried Bruse, Friedrich-Hermann Vollmer, Peter von der Helm, Erich Bartold May, Johann van der Pütten, Albert Schrader, Gustav Horstkötter. [20]
 
The 1980 reunion in Emden, Germany.
L-R: Albert Schrader, Hans-Joachim "Jonny" Roters, Friedrich-Hermann Vollmer, Willi Jacob, Paul Liebau, Heinz Pfeifer, Martin Müller, Gustav Horstkötter, Wilhelm Janssen, Werner Lott, Karl Sommerer, Erich Bartold May, Peter von der Helm, Gerhard Stamer. [55]

1982: Reunion in Neuß on the Rhine, organized by Lucia and Erich Bartold May:
Photo: Augustusburg palace in Brühl. L-R: Inge Lott, Walter Konradt, Friedrich-Hermann Vollmer, Hans-Joachim "Jonny" Roters, Martha Konradt, unknown, Lucia May, Werner Lott, Charlotte Vollmer, Grete Balke, Wilhelm Silbernagel (guest), Mrs. Silbernagel, Änne Horstkötter Gustav Horstkötter, unknown (girlfriend of Hans-Joachim "Jonny" Roters), Albert Göbel (U 39), unknown, Erich Bartold May, Inge Pfeifer, Heinz Pfeifer, Peter von der Helm, Martin Müller, Mrs. Schwarz, Maria Weigand, unknown, Willi Jacob, unknown, Johannes Weigand. [54]


Albert Schrader passed away on 07 August 1987. His life partner, Grete Balke, passed away in 1993, and is survived by her son, Jürgen Balke, who is a major contributor to this website.

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