Ford Motor Co: Prisoner Of War Camp

Shy Man Dept: Erich was a shy man. Wanda had arrived in Windsor, Ont., three years before him and so was already conversant in English. The first expression Wanda taught him was, “I love you.” He mastered the sentence and repeated it often. The inevitable happened when he asked its meaning. When Wanda smiled and replied, “ Ich liebe dich ,” he never uttered the words again, but there was no doubt that he adored her, according to Globe And Mail. Erich loved to dance with Wanda. He once invited Ingrid to join him in a robust polka. After a few short rounds he threw up his hands and said, “You’re no good, Erin’s better.” His children all grew thick skins and erich’s youth was spent in Germany where, at 18, he became a paratrooper and gunner during the Second World War. He was shot by Americans in France, survived a prisoner-of-war camp and returned to Bavaria in 1945. After receiving his accreditation as a tool-and-die maker, Erich immigrated to Canada in 1952 and married his fiancee, Wanda. Shortly after arriving in Canada, Erich was hired by Ford Motor Co. He and Wanda raised four children – Walter, Ingrid and twins Erin and Eric. When tough times hit Windsor in 1962, Ford transferred Erich and the family moved to Oakville, Ont. As reported in the news.
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