Thanks to Contributor Richard S. Clark (46794212) for this information along with his Birth and Death Location.
From WWII draft registration, "Barney Carl Packur" was born in Schneidemühl, Germany. This city was historically known as Pila ("Saw") by the Polish, with Schneidemühl meaning Saw Mill in German. It became part of Prussia in 1772, lost to Poland in a peace treaty in 1807, then taken back by Prussia in 1815. Occupied heavily by the Germans during WWI and WWII, it became part of Poland again at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The historic name of Pila was restored with the remaining German population expelled by Polish and Soviet troops from 1945 to 1948. This probably explains why Barney's obituary stated he had several sisters in East Germany at the time of his death.
From WWII draft registration, "Barney Carl Packur" was born in Schneidemühl, Germany. This city was historically known as Pila ("Saw") by the Polish, with Schneidemühl meaning Saw Mill in German. It became part of Prussia in 1772, lost to Poland in a peace treaty in 1807, then taken back by Prussia in 1815. Occupied heavily by the Germans during WWI and WWII, it became part of Poland again at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The historic name of Pila was restored with the remaining German population expelled by Polish and Soviet troops from 1945 to 1948. This probably explains why Barney's obituary stated he had several sisters in East Germany at the time of his death.
Thanks to Contributor Richard S. Clark (46794212) for this information along with his Birth and Death Location.
From WWII draft registration, "Barney Carl Packur" was born in Schneidemühl, Germany. This city was historically known as Pila ("Saw") by the Polish, with Schneidemühl meaning Saw Mill in German. It became part of Prussia in 1772, lost to Poland in a peace treaty in 1807, then taken back by Prussia in 1815. Occupied heavily by the Germans during WWI and WWII, it became part of Poland again at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The historic name of Pila was restored with the remaining German population expelled by Polish and Soviet troops from 1945 to 1948. This probably explains why Barney's obituary stated he had several sisters in East Germany at the time of his death.
From WWII draft registration, "Barney Carl Packur" was born in Schneidemühl, Germany. This city was historically known as Pila ("Saw") by the Polish, with Schneidemühl meaning Saw Mill in German. It became part of Prussia in 1772, lost to Poland in a peace treaty in 1807, then taken back by Prussia in 1815. Occupied heavily by the Germans during WWI and WWII, it became part of Poland again at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The historic name of Pila was restored with the remaining German population expelled by Polish and Soviet troops from 1945 to 1948. This probably explains why Barney's obituary stated he had several sisters in East Germany at the time of his death.
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