German POW leaves £400,000 to Scottish village

[Gunny Hartmann]

German POW leaves

A former Waffen SS soldier who was captured during World War Two has left the village he was held in nearly £400,000 for the kindness he was shown as a prisoner of war.

Heinrich Steinmeyer was captured in France when he was 19-years-old and was held in the POW camp at Cultybraggan near the village of Comrie, Perthshire.

But he said that he was only shown kindness by the villagers, which he had not expected, and he made lasting friendships in the village.

Now, two years after his death, aged 90, his wish to leave £384,000 to the village has been recognised and has been gifted to the village's local community trust.

It will be spent on local development for the elderly in the area.

[Larry C]

Faces of Humanity ! Good on those people in Comrie, Perthshire.

With Good comes Good in return.

Regards Larry

[earlymb]

German PoW leaves

Mods please move if posted in the wrong section.

[Wilhelm Saris]

there also is another thread about this!

[earlymb]

Even better

[Redcap]

Cultybraggan camp was still in use until fairly recent times. Used by the British Army for training exercises in Perthshire Stayed there myself on exercises in the 80s. Still the old Nissen huts with an iron stove in the centre and rickety old beds. Certainly not luxurious accomodation :-) Lots of Waffen-SS were held there after being captured more than a few stayed on in Scotland.

[HistoryMan]

I do hope they spend it wisely
Local authorities are on a different planet these days, too many managers sat on their arses worrying about their pension pots

[Gunny Hartmann]

I do hope they spend it wisely
Local authorities are on a different planet these days, too many managers sat on their arses worrying about their pension pots

Indeed this is very true!...