Are you suggesting Capt. Henke didn’t want to face a post-war trial?
I noticed that article particularly because there were so few escapes or attempts (as a percentage) from POW camps in the U.S.
A lot of those German POWs found reasons to stay in the USA. My dad was a mechanical engineer who worked with a lot of plant engineers in the midwest. He knew a couple of plant engineers who had been German POWs in the US.
I understand the 57,000 Germans who marched throught the streets of Moscow last week had a much different experience.
“I noticed that article particularly because there were so few escapes or attempts (as a percentage) from POW camps in the U.S.”
Escape to where? The USA is a big country with two big ponds intbetween. No going North as they were with us.
I have read most were happy to get out of the action and the Wiki page on US POW camps notes they were not bad place to hangout for a year or so.