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German Heroes
Hello all. I just felt the urge to add that basically half of the male members from my mother's family were killed in the war, fighting for the German side. I know that this is an American forum and German Soldiers probably are not praised often, if at all, but I remember my Grandfather (Opa) telling me horrible stories of the time when I was little. He survived Russian imprisonment, came back to Germany in 49, half dead. His brother walked back from Siberia and came back in 50, not recognisable by his own family. He moved to Kansas City rigth after he recovered his health, deciding he hated everything Germany stood for and he never ever returned. He had been called by the SS when he was 16, not really much of a choice. The rest was shot at the front or sent to camp for ridiculous stuff like not hanging up the requested flag on a certain day.
It's a sensitive issue, but please remember that the German people were just people too. So I salute to my Opa and Onkel Fred, Kurt, Friedhelm, and all the others who did their best under a regime that failed and utterly disappointed them, as they wanted to believe so much it was a good one.
Hello all. I just felt the urge to add that basically half of the male members from my mother's family were killed in the war, fighting for the German side. I know that this is an American forum and German Soldiers probably are not praised often, if at all, but I remember my Grandfather (Opa) telling me horrible stories of the time when I was little. He survived Russian imprisonment, came back to Germany in 49, half dead. His brother walked back from Siberia and came back in 50, not recognisable by his own family. He moved to Kansas City rigth after he recovered his health, deciding he hated everything Germany stood for and he never ever returned. He had been called by the SS when he was 16, not really much of a choice. The rest was shot at the front or sent to camp for ridiculous stuff like not hanging up the requested flag on a certain day.
It's a sensitive issue, but please remember that the German people were just people too. So I salute to my Opa and Onkel Fred, Kurt, Friedhelm, and all the others who did their best under a regime that failed and utterly disappointed them, as they wanted to believe so much it was a good one.