An hour with a Freikorps Danmark Veteran

[Panzer_peter]

Hi all.

Yesterday I had the honor and the pleasure of having a nice long talk with a Freikorps Danmark vet. He was lucky to survive, when the rest of his group was desimated on the eastern front.

He talked for an hour about the eastern front, and all I can say is...............HOLY S... !

He lives in the same town I live in and he has invited me back next week. One thing is to read about stuff like this and se it on film, but hearing about it from the mouth of someone who lived through it, is a whole other ball game.

Just wanted to share it with you all :-)

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Hi all.

Yesterday I had the honor and the pleasure of having a nice long talk with a Freikorps Danmark vet. He was lucky to survive, when the rest of his group was desimated on the eastern front.

He talked for an hour about the eastern front, and all I can say is...............HOLY S... !

He lives in the same town I live in and he has invited me back next week. One thing is to read about stuff like this and se it on film, but hearing about it from the mouth of someone who lived through it, is a whole other ball game.

Just wanted to share it with you all :-)

well tell us waht he said, share the stories

[rkoy]

voice recorder there cheap and small so it wont stick out and bother the conversation

[Panzer_peter]

I think that it is a long and scary storie, and i am very bad at spelling English.

He told me about one time when they had to fall back, and their MG gunner got cut of from the rest and had to stay behind in his foxhole. When they finaly got back to him, he was alive and there were 73 dead russians infront of his MG.

When one then thinks about the fact that the gunner had to load his own gun and change the pipe on the MG.......well, that makes you think !

[Voldbjerg]

Du er meget, meget heldig. Jeg er dybt misundelig.
Dette er noget du vil huske resten af dit liv!

Jeg har altid haft lyst til at snakke med en veteran fra korpset, men muligheden har aldrig været der. Desværre.

Your english is fine, don't worry about your grammar

[Panzer_peter]

Tak skal du ha mads :-)

I do my best not to make to many mistakes !

[smeden]

Dit engelsk er da nemt at forstå.
Keep it going.

[Panzer_peter]

Dit engelsk er da nemt at forstå.
Keep it going.

Well, thanks Blacksmith :-)

[Panzer_peter]

Update :

The Freikorps Danmark vet is comeing over for a coffie tomorrow, so i hope that i will have some good stories to tell :-)

[Jean-Loup]

You should bring a tape recorder with you next time. It is your duty!

JL

[Panzer_peter]

You should bring a tape recorder with you next time. It is your duty!

JL

Well, he is going to be visiting me at my house, so i may be abel to find my old tape recorder :-)

[DaveNZ]

This is torture


I want to know all the this veteran says about his experiences


do you have any pictures of him as he is today? It would be nice to put a face to the stories

all the best!

[Panzer_peter]

This is torture


I want to know all the this veteran says about his experiences


do you have any pictures of him as he is today? It would be nice to put a face to the stories

all the best!

Hi :-)

It went realy well. He is a very nice mand, and very youthfull.

One would not belive that he is 88 years old.

We had a good time and i made sure that he had lots of cookies, coffie and cognac ;-)

I did not tape him or take pics, as i dont want to "spook" him, before he gets to know me, all so out of respect, as i dont want him to feel like he is a "chimp in a zoo".

This will not be the last time we meet.

Regards, peter

[DaveNZ]

Yes: that is a good approach

Keep us all informed!

I am sure there are many here who would love to hear about this mans life.


cheers

Dave

[Paul E]

Interesting thread , did he end up seving with the Danmark Regiment of Nordland ?

regards

Paul