Wladislaw worked as a farmhand in Hertingshausen until 1945. The exact date is not known due to the overall panic and chaos during the liberation by American troops. These troops were probably units of the 1st U.S.Infantry Division "Big Red One". Records show that their headquarters were stationed in the nearby city of Allendorf on the 29th of march 1945. So sometime in March Wladislaw was liberated. As can be seen on the following copy some German clerk just managed to scribble '45 on Wladislaw's status sheet.
14.3.1940-24.2.1943 Konrad Neebe,Kirchhain Untergasse 230
25.2.1943- '45 August Boucsein Hertingshausen
The following years (1945-1947) are partly shrouded in mystery. The only thing I was able to establish was that Wladislaw was part of the 4224th Labor Service Guard Unit. Displaced persons,like Wladislaw,were formed into Guard Units which relieved U.S.troops from such duties. From its initial concept of "Labor and Guard" the U.S.Labor Service gradually moved to a "service support second guard" role.
Wladislaw's shoulderpatches of a Labor service Guard Unit
They were not members of the U.S. Armed Forces or civilian employees of the Federal Government. These individuals were given food,clothing,housing and sometimes were paid for their services; however any payments for such services were made from special funds that were allotted to the various Army and Air-Force Units. I know that Wladislaw spent most of his time in Germany,mainly guarding Allied airstrips.