USFGR With Germans During Barbarrosa?

[Luft44]

Okay history buffs, here's one for you.

What was an American group called the USFGR doing with the German 7th Panzer Division during Operation Barbarossa? Might they have been merely observers or news people, or perhaps Geneva convention compliance officers? I ask because I stumbled upon a photo album on ebay at WWII Panzer Officer Photo Album which includes the following pictures:



I recognize that the German invasion of Russia commenced six months before Pearl Harbor and that the US and Germany were at peace, but I am taken aback to learn that US personnel of some sort were with German forces. I can find nothing that translates what the acronym USFGR represents.

As the saying goes: "You learn something new everyday".

[bigmacglenn]

Are you sure these aren't German POWs working for US Forces postwar?
cheers, Glenn

[HPL2008]

Are you sure these aren't German POWs working for US Forces postwar?
cheers, Glenn

I'd agree that this is the answer.

(By the way, the seller's description actually mentions "photos from his [i.e. the original owner's] time in a POW camp".)

[Luft44]

Must be the case. The sequence of pictures presented/advertised probably did not correspond to the album itself.

Thank you.

[harryamb2]

that's that solved.

[Scout]

I strongly suspect this:

Are you sure these aren't German POWs working for US Forces postwar?
cheers, Glenn

(You are very diplomatic, Glenn)

[Luft44]

...and I do appreciate your diplomacy and I apologize for wasting your time. Never too old to learn a little humility along with reading the last line of an items description. Thank you.

[Gunny Hartmann]

No need to apologize as it was a very valid question, it took a double take for me to realize the Germans had no insignia!...

[Paul D]

Thanks for flagging up a very nice Panzer album !!

[bigmacglenn]

We are all friends here, and I am always willing to help out a fellow Forum Member when I can...Thanks for sharing your photos!
cheers, Glenn