Hello,
I just came back from a german vet s house i had the pleasure to know by luck.
In fact His grandson is friend with my girlfriend and after seeing some of my stuff he told me his Grandad is german and moved to Ireland many years ago.
I asked him straight if there was any chance to have a Chat and the Vet was more than happy to talk about his experience.
I talked to him for about 2,1/2 hours where he told me about his military Career.
He is 83 years old now,
At 17 in 1942 he was called up and went in a training unit in holland for then being transferred in What was the newly reformed Nachrichten Abteilung of the 389 ID that was reformed in Brittany after being destroyd in Stalingrad.
He was a Funker(Signal man).
Told me a few stuff about the Russian front and said how lucky he was to have been in a Signal unit without being in the front all the time!
He told me how They got trapped in the Cherkassy Pocket and tried him and another few to reach the german front but got stopped by the russian and taken prisoners.
He then Told me ,and i was amazed, that the POW life in Russia was not bad at all.They were treated very well eating exactly what the russians had and he said that Stalin ordered that German POWs had to be treated well.
He also told me and i was even more amazed how His officers said that the Fuhrer said not to touch Civilian people as they had nothing to do with the war...
And this made me think....
He shown me a few pics about his Cousin wearing Rad uniforms and that went he said,in a SPECIAL UNIT, he turned the page and i couldnt help my self from sayin "HERMAN GORING division?"
He said Yes and he let me take a pic with my fone about a portrait.HE said that his cousin died in battle.His brother also fought in the eastern front and earned a few medals himself like the EK2 that he shown me.
His Uncle as well served in WW1 and shown me a ww1 EK2 as well.
He didnt earn any medal but he didnt really care,He said that his biggest award is to have been able to come back home alive!
HE couldnt find pics of himself wearing uniforms and he had other albums of pics but i didnt ask him to show as i didnt want to sound rude so i hope Next time I see him i ll be able to see all the pics he has!
I brought my M43 Feldmutze and he smiled when he seen it and e put it on his head!HE said he had a Sidecap who
This is the only Portait i took a pic of as i like the uniform!
Quality is not the best but i think you can still see something...
I just came back from a german vet s house i had the pleasure to know by luck.
In fact His grandson is friend with my girlfriend and after seeing some of my stuff he told me his Grandad is german and moved to Ireland many years ago.
I asked him straight if there was any chance to have a Chat and the Vet was more than happy to talk about his experience.
I talked to him for about 2,1/2 hours where he told me about his military Career.
He is 83 years old now,
At 17 in 1942 he was called up and went in a training unit in holland for then being transferred in What was the newly reformed Nachrichten Abteilung of the 389 ID that was reformed in Brittany after being destroyd in Stalingrad.
He was a Funker(Signal man).
Told me a few stuff about the Russian front and said how lucky he was to have been in a Signal unit without being in the front all the time!
He told me how They got trapped in the Cherkassy Pocket and tried him and another few to reach the german front but got stopped by the russian and taken prisoners.
He then Told me ,and i was amazed, that the POW life in Russia was not bad at all.They were treated very well eating exactly what the russians had and he said that Stalin ordered that German POWs had to be treated well.
He also told me and i was even more amazed how His officers said that the Fuhrer said not to touch Civilian people as they had nothing to do with the war...
And this made me think....
He shown me a few pics about his Cousin wearing Rad uniforms and that went he said,in a SPECIAL UNIT, he turned the page and i couldnt help my self from sayin "HERMAN GORING division?"
He said Yes and he let me take a pic with my fone about a portrait.HE said that his cousin died in battle.His brother also fought in the eastern front and earned a few medals himself like the EK2 that he shown me.
His Uncle as well served in WW1 and shown me a ww1 EK2 as well.
He didnt earn any medal but he didnt really care,He said that his biggest award is to have been able to come back home alive!
HE couldnt find pics of himself wearing uniforms and he had other albums of pics but i didnt ask him to show as i didnt want to sound rude so i hope Next time I see him i ll be able to see all the pics he has!
I brought my M43 Feldmutze and he smiled when he seen it and e put it on his head!HE said he had a Sidecap who
This is the only Portait i took a pic of as i like the uniform!
Quality is not the best but i think you can still see something...
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