Land-Kreis Stolp West (to enlarge click on picture)

Land-Kreis Stolp East (to enlarge click on Map)

Land-Kreis Lauenburg

Land-Kreis Greifenberg

Land-Kreis Cammin

Map of Usedom Wollin

Stolpmuender Wappen

Comparison Chart

POMERANIA: 1945 Echoes of The Past

Let me introduce my book.: POMERANIA: 1945 Echoes of The Past
Heinz Chinnow
33208 Twickingham
Sterling Heights, MI 48310 /Tel: 586-977-5914

Speaker at"The Federation Of Eastern European Family History Societies"
3 day International Conference at the "Crowne Plaza" Hotel
at the DTW Airport in Detroit

The book is available from: iuniverse.com
Amazon.com
Barnes and Noble.com

I am the little fellow left bottom in the picture, 70 years ago.
You can get a "signed" copy from the Author at the above address. Price: $15.95 +$2.00 S.+H.
For more then one copy, or person to person we can agree to a lower price.

Chinnow Manor Home

Photos of the area are on this website:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnprgm/Usedom-Wollin/Chinnow/index.html

"A Teenager's Diary of Peace, War, Flight and Expulsion"

This is the story of the Chinnow family in Stolpmuende/Pomerania. Life was good until 1939 when the war started and all the horrors and the insanity of it unfolded.On the day of my conformation, in March of 1945, we had to flee from the Russians. Refugees had been coming through Stolpmuende for months. The cities were piles of rubble from the constant bombings.We were fleeing west, hoping for better treatment from the Americans. We had heard how the Russians treated the people in the lost territories.Unfortunately, the Americans stood by while the Russians and Poles carved up Prussia--and with that--Pomerania.The Marshal plan saved a lot of people all over Europe and the Americans treated us fairly. At the time, I kept a diary, which is the core of this story.