A friend attended a Stalingrad veterens' reunion in Limburg north of Frankfurt/Main on Volkstrauertag 11 November. There is a memorial monument in the cemetery dedicated to those who were at Stalingrad and this year there were two veterans who could attend. The 99 3/4-year-old vet gave a brief talk. The other veteran (age uncertain) did an interview with my friend and included the info that he had been in tanks and got knocked out 7 times, the last one being in a Panther wacked by a J. Stalin 2 with the 122 mm cannon. He showed him the burn scars on the back of his hand. Just in front of the cathedral in Limburg there is another memorial with a copy of the "Madonna of Stalingrad" statue.
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