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It means grave or the place where he was buried.
Gerhard

When about 16 1/2 years old our school principal brought a well decorated Oscha to class one morning. He told us we had the honor of joining a new division (Hitlerjugend) to be assembled. I am not sure but I think the whole class signed up. Almost immediatly we had a physical examination and receive...

Hi:
If you like I can give it a try.
Considering that I have not spoken German for many years it would take me a while.
I was born in 1926 and likely had similar experiences.
Gerhard

Hello HaEn:
You better get well soon or I am going to tell the Spiess where you are.
Take care and hopefully tomorrow will be better.
Gerhard

Hello Rudi Nice to see you are still around or maybe I havn't been around. Anyway I hope you had a nice Christmas and will have a Happy New Year, same for HaEn and the rest. Just think I received notice to repeat my driver's test, here in Canada everybody after 80 has a driving test every two years,...

Hi HaEn: HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you and everybody here . Remember your Christmases from our days with Adolf and the other guy's? I can remember in 43 getting ready for Christmas eve and Ivan starting to join in with the Stalin organ we had to leave in a hurry, Ivan got all our Christmas goodies. 44 Chri...

Hi HaEn:
All the best to you
Gerhard

Hi D Dutch: Just happened to come across the Feldgrau Forum again and remember all the arguments I had there, especially with Sid and a few others. As I only had my memories I did have a lot of trouble when talking about my experiences for which of course I had no proof. In fact with the conditions ...

Have a nice Birthday and all the best.
Gerhard

Andre This constant, just because some avid readers of the usual propaganda klap-trap say it happened like that therefore it must have happened like for that everyone is tiresome. Read my previous post "How on earth can anyone compare the Hitler jugend of up to 1943 with the Hitler jugend of 19...

How on earth can anyone compare the Hitler jugend of up to 1943 with the Hitler jugend of 1944 till wars end. I was in the Hitler jugend until early 1943. Hans mentioned Klein kaliber drill. Well I did not handle a gun, .22 or otherwise until basic training after joining up. If the Hitler jugend was...

Mathias: As for your question: "So what do you think, were waffen SS solders ordinary solders like Heer solders or were they politic indoctrined SS solders prepared to do everything for nazi regim and never raise any questions ?" I can only speak for myself and as far as I was concerned th...

Matthias I looked forward to my leave when discharged from hospital and sorry when I had to return. As for loving to fight ? after being wounded twice and once driving my bike into a bomb crater, somehow I did not think that was much fun. Do you think I was the exception ? I can assure you my comrad...

Hans I guess where I was your "Das Wesen der ausbildung für 10 - 14 Jährigen muss sein:" was not very important. "Kleinkaliberschiesen," did not handle or fire a gun until basic training in my Ausbildungs Abt. That was my experience and I do not like to make sweeping statements l...

Matrhias, When with a Ausbildungs Ersatz Abbteilung for basic and gun training our batterie manned from year 1926/25 guy's like me was earmarked to join the 12th (HJ) division which was training in Belgium. Somehow part of our batterie ended up with the 2nd in Russia. Like the guy's of the 12th we ...