German Veteran Recalls WWII Memories | Forces TV

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  • @KingDestrukto
    @KingDestrukto 5 років тому +5138

    Damn he looks great for 92!

    • @haydengreene3672
      @haydengreene3672 5 років тому +46

      That is what I said

    • @arieson7715
      @arieson7715 5 років тому +181

      He looks 70!

    • @OksanaOksana1
      @OksanaOksana1 5 років тому +82

      my thought exactly. and he was handsome when was young. I wonder how his sons looks like

    • @49ccMopedWorld
      @49ccMopedWorld 5 років тому +21

      He went home after the war at age 21 so he is even older I guess. Great story

    • @Allen_m_aml4k
      @Allen_m_aml4k 5 років тому +33

      he looks like a 60 yr old from u.s.

  • @StPaul76
    @StPaul76 8 років тому +3214

    This gentleman is over 90 years old, gone thrue WWII, inprisonment and starvation and he doesn't look a day over 70.. Remarkable!

  • @ОлегКозлов-ю9т
    @ОлегКозлов-ю9т 7 років тому +3225

    His mother is now crying...and I'm guilty
    What words...

    • @Rickertsred
      @Rickertsred 5 років тому +108

      Amen. Very powerful.

    • @LunarLizard
      @LunarLizard 5 років тому +157

      You can see him tearing up when me mentioned it. That shows he hasn't lost his humanity.

    • @petersmith3566
      @petersmith3566 5 років тому +54

      we are all guilty. i'm german.dostosjewskiy says we are all guilty for any bad happens on this planet. we didn't love enough.

    • @Jonathan-Pilkington
      @Jonathan-Pilkington 5 років тому +17

      @Jordan Sharpe Is the comma button broken on your keyboard?

    • @ulyssgrant3178
      @ulyssgrant3178 5 років тому +23

      @@petersmith3566 " We didn't love enough. " So wise and profound from you , sir. If the world should listen to you , peace would rule. My brother was a ship's pilot on the Panama Canal. Jack has always loved people, and enjoyed being on ship from a different country for one day, or for two, depending on the weather. His two favorite ships : Russia and China, both from Red China and from Taiwan. The officers and men always welcomed him warmly. The Russians were so poor that they used newspapers for toilet paper. On one Chinese ship, he was trying to convey instructions, and in a very kindly way. One man spoke a bit of English and translated for my brother what an officer was saying about him. The man said that my brother was "very humble." I shall take this as a great compliment. Aldo, i shall ask my wonderful Chinese son-in-law about it. Jack always has said that he believed that as one person to another, we all have more in common than not. I believe that to be true. It is often the governments who live in attack modes. Thank you, Mr. Smith, for your great understanding of the problem.
      I had a German-speaking uncle who guarded German POWs in the Midwest. He said they were just regular guys as everybody else.

  • @kerry3710
    @kerry3710 3 роки тому +627

    I sometimes think of the German sniper that my father told me about when he was with the NZ forces in Italy. My father was also a sniper and they were taking shots at each other. Every time dad missed him the German guy would wave his entrenching tool to show how far off he missed by. Humour across the lines.

    • @louisecoffey9843
      @louisecoffey9843 3 роки тому +73

      thats funny lol. Youd never think of jokes like this would happen in wars. A bit like the truce at xmas in WW1.

    • @kaisertreu6276
      @kaisertreu6276 3 роки тому +17

      Wow interesting to hear

    • @huh5921
      @huh5921 3 роки тому +1

      Did your dad kill him

    • @kerry3710
      @kerry3710 2 роки тому +39

      @@huh5921 No. He never talked of killing, ever.
      He was deeply affected by the war all his life, but held no grudge against the German soldiers.

    • @atune2682
      @atune2682 2 роки тому +4

      crazy story

  • @Kojak0
    @Kojak0 8 років тому +2786

    He got to keep his medals? That can't have been easy. And considering he has two tank badges, three wound badges and fought in a Tiger tank... he saw more than his fair share of action. Respect.

    • @theblytonian3906
      @theblytonian3906 8 років тому +84

      +katchaner Swap a genuine 1939 Eisernkreuz Erste Klasse for a chunk of meaningless ZOG sanitised junkmetal? ROFL

    • @talismansaber8381
      @talismansaber8381 8 років тому +37

      The Blytonian
      You support China and Russia? You should be deported and stropped of your citizenship.

    • @theblytonian3906
      @theblytonian3906 8 років тому +18

      +Talisman Saber Oh look. Another Hasbara shill with a fresh ID!

    • @talismansaber8381
      @talismansaber8381 8 років тому +36

      The Blytonian
      What a shrill little nutter you are.

    • @SatansTeaTango
      @SatansTeaTango 8 років тому +22

      katchaner same clown as The Blytonian babbling to himself. Cant make this psycho crap up. Thumbs up lol

  • @thamor4746
    @thamor4746 5 років тому +6097

    Really wish we had more interviews from German soldiers :/

    • @johannesclamans3532
      @johannesclamans3532 5 років тому +203

      YT channel Zeitzeugen-Portal has tonnes of interviews with veterans. But it's in German.

    • @friendofilah1929
      @friendofilah1929 5 років тому +428

      You’d be surprised at the undeniable truth. Unfortunately the allied powers and sympathisers have been extremely biased.

    • @blaquentgruppe6547
      @blaquentgruppe6547 5 років тому +62

      That will never happens
      Sure laws AGAINST them SPEAKing
      .I never knew the other side
      Dont get me wrong
      Its should be ok
      To hear how they felt
      Not that hitler on meth garbage
      The whole German on meth
      All I need to do
      Watch the ending to see who PRODUCE
      The tribe that gives u
      Black-ish.kippendorf tribe

    • @mikeanderson5772
      @mikeanderson5772 5 років тому +6

      If Hitler would have surrendered sure but I sure don't and I'm sure many Russians would agree with me.

    • @thebigcrunsh1940
      @thebigcrunsh1940 5 років тому +34

      Most of them are sadly Dead died of Age or fallen in the battelfield

  • @jwhiskey242
    @jwhiskey242 6 років тому +3465

    Actually I wish the interview was longer.

    • @officialARMYclan
      @officialARMYclan 5 років тому +152

      Yeah, it's really a disservice. He mentions ESCAPING FROM THE RED ARMY and there was no followup. You could probably write a whole book about this guy.

    • @sirpsychosecksi4953
      @sirpsychosecksi4953 5 років тому +60

      @@officialARMYclan id buy it. Id wish i could sit down with him and talk about it myself. Its important we hear these stories before they are gone

    • @jammer3618
      @jammer3618 4 роки тому +1

      WTF. He fought against freedom and democracy.

    • @jammer3618
      @jammer3618 4 роки тому +1

      @Zeek Banistor Hello putin troll.

    • @jammer3618
      @jammer3618 4 роки тому +1

      @Zeek Banistor You've been getting too much backbdoor action Zeke. Exacerbating your inherent stupidity.

  • @trazkey
    @trazkey 5 років тому +826

    Why is this so short? I want more! Let this german ww2 veteran tell his Story.

    • @legendindaturk8745
      @legendindaturk8745 4 роки тому +62

      Afraid of the truth to leak out

    • @ratatoskr1069
      @ratatoskr1069 4 роки тому +54

      @@KevinLindegrenEEDATTEGY The real history of ww2. Not the victors propaganda version.

    • @nasiaking
      @nasiaking 3 роки тому +2

      @Last chance Cowboy and knocked down numbers of Brits centurions and crusaders.

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 3 роки тому +1

      Try books.

    • @_richie96_37
      @_richie96_37 3 роки тому

      @@ratatoskr1069 agreed

  • @kenllacer
    @kenllacer 8 років тому +8602

    He got taken prisoner by the Soviets and survived? Lucky!

    • @dincooper9222
      @dincooper9222 8 років тому +354

      If you read the story. You would know. Soviet soldiers released almost all the soldiers of 3rd Reich German. Under the tribunal were only senior officers like Majors, Captains, Colonels, Generals and etc. Ordinary soldiers were released to their homes after the surrender in Berlin 1945. Some senior officers were sent to their homes after a few years after the war. It tells you, son of NKVD Officer.

    • @Zimmar
      @Zimmar 8 років тому +1175

      +Thomas Villermann have you ever heard of Gulag? My grandfather was young and very low in the military hierarchy, still he spent 9 years in Gulag after the end of WW2. The russians kept as many as they needed to run their labor camps.
      Between '41 and '45 the russians captured 3,15 million german soldiers. 1,1 millions of them died while in captivity. The other 2 millions were kept up until the "last tenthounsand" came home 1955.
      So yes, the russians finally released nearly all of the prisoners, but you put it like almost all of them were
      sent home right away. I am not trying to agitate against russia, it's just that your point is simply not true.

    • @gb2759
      @gb2759 8 років тому +163

      Tomas Villerman the soviets held all soldiers regardless of rank and to them the more German men they could kill the more of germany they could take and do as they please with.

    • @ohayougozaimasu6424
      @ohayougozaimasu6424 8 років тому +35

      Alex Bridgeman, despite German casualties in WW2 are officially estimated to be 4.3 million by the German government and up to 5.3 million by some other sources?

    • @joekerr9197
      @joekerr9197 8 років тому +276

      My grandfather's brother was taken prisoner by the Soviets as well. They took him to a gulag in Siberia where he spent years after the war until they released him. They barely had anything to eat so most ppl died from various diseases or just simple malnutrition. He actually survived because he had a leather belt so when they had nothing to eat he actually ate his belt which he shared with another guy...that saved him. It's really incredible and unimaginable to what lengths they had to go to survive.

  • @wolfhound775
    @wolfhound775 8 років тому +740

    damn this guy is 92 and seems to have pretty damn good memory not to mention how he speaks so flowingly in english aswell

    • @seanodwyer8691
      @seanodwyer8691 8 років тому +7

      +wolfhound775 He's had 92 years off Perfectting itt all. you will never get the sectrets out for we all have pride, and embarrassing moments.

    • @wolfhound775
      @wolfhound775 8 років тому +50

      +Sean O'Dwyer what I ment was that for someone of his age he speaks so flowingly not stuttering or pausing for long moments like a lot of people that age usually do

    • @davidmallon8300
      @davidmallon8300 8 років тому +17

      My Great Grandmother is the same she is an Ethnic German born in Poland in 1920 she is very good with her English and her memories are still clear to her

    • @stevehay964
      @stevehay964 7 років тому +1

      You want to give him a hand job.

    • @chrisd2051
      @chrisd2051 6 років тому +3

      wolfhound775 Germans speak fairly good English

  • @johndoe5432
    @johndoe5432 5 років тому +2833

    He served honorably, survived the war, and went on to live a happy life. This makes me happy.

    • @Bruh-bp6nn
      @Bruh-bp6nn 5 років тому +115

      John Doe what do you mean he served honorably? Don’t you know what the Germans did in world war 2?

    • @johndoe5432
      @johndoe5432 5 років тому +661

      @@Bruh-bp6nn Ah, so you're one of those people who thinks every branch of the German military was the SS. If you honestly believe your average German conscript in the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, or Kriegsmarine was some political zealot, you need to learn your history. And in return I must ask, if you're so concerned with evil, why aren't you upset by our alliance with the Soviet Union? Stalin murdered more people than Hitler by a significant margin and he was our "ally".

    • @johndoe5432
      @johndoe5432 5 років тому +23

      @@MeediaArtur I'm aware.

    • @MeediaArtur
      @MeediaArtur 5 років тому +114

      @@johndoe5432 You are well educated my friend.

    • @austinc8539
      @austinc8539 5 років тому +23

      Honarably?

  • @Eric-kw6sj
    @Eric-kw6sj 4 роки тому +893

    In 70 years I get to tell my future generation about the time we got stuck in quarantine and did absolutely nothing. lol

  • @YouOnlyIiveTwice
    @YouOnlyIiveTwice 8 років тому +698

    Strange how despite being a part of a faction that many people hated 70 years ago, listening to him now, I can't help but have the utmost respect for the man.
    Just wish the enemies we fight today would be gentlemen like this man.

    • @nastrael
      @nastrael 8 років тому +100

      +ErsteWahl Videos Inc. No one was. Not the Wehrmacht, not the Luftwaffe, not the RAF, not the British Army, not the US Army, not the USAAC, not the USMC, not the IJN, not the IJA and not the Red Army.
      Everyone got their hands dirty, in one way or another.

    • @irongeneral7861
      @irongeneral7861 8 років тому +1

      If those people *were* gentlemen or civilized in any respect, they probably wouldn't be fighting us in the manner they do.

    • @trumpcrimefamily132
      @trumpcrimefamily132 8 років тому +2

      Only one set about murdering women and children based on racial hatred. Only one.

    • @irongeneral7861
      @irongeneral7861 8 років тому

      Jon Snow The King in the North What was it about I said that triggered you... I didn't even state anything _that_ opinionated.

    • @mathiass1999
      @mathiass1999 8 років тому +1

      General James Ironwood Hahah sorry mate, I have wrote this to people in differen topics. Congratulations for being the only one who wrote civilized back

  • @jawa011
    @jawa011 8 років тому +1597

    Respect. Nothing else.

    • @chrischabra8004
      @chrischabra8004 8 років тому +7

      Mein heir lies truier

    • @poopypantsman4301
      @poopypantsman4301 7 років тому +16

      Do you want me to fucking poop all over you or something?

    • @hercegbosna6386
      @hercegbosna6386 7 років тому +9

      Poopy Pants Man why

    • @tavish4699
      @tavish4699 5 років тому +7

      @@chrischabra8004 when you cant speak German dont try it idiot !

    • @seuchentrager1305
      @seuchentrager1305 5 років тому

      Chris Chabra What do you Even tried saying

  • @ZeSgtSchultz
    @ZeSgtSchultz 6 років тому +767

    "My men refuse to die sir"
    Hands bottle
    "Ask them again after that"

  • @baltics9740
    @baltics9740 4 роки тому +169

    The fact that he literally was a crew member of a tiger tank is so cool to me

    • @Marcus-rs6fr
      @Marcus-rs6fr 3 роки тому +6

      The commander

    • @lordvader282
      @lordvader282 3 роки тому +1

      Panzer Kompanie!!!!

    • @ericg4915
      @ericg4915 3 роки тому +5

      That's why he probably survived. He said he was the first one in the column and got hit. That tiger has so much armor, if he was in a regular panzer he would have likely died

  • @lapmate92
    @lapmate92 8 років тому +93

    at 01:05 you can see the memories coming back along with this feeling of guilt / sadness, which you can hear in his voice and see in his face. War is brutal

  • @claudyfocan731
    @claudyfocan731 5 років тому +1013

    This guy got the iron cross, as well as 3 wound badges :o
    -Black (3rd class, representing Iron), for those wounded once or twice by hostile action (including air raids).
    -Silver (2nd class) for being wounded three or four times.
    So he got wounded at least 5 times, these badges were only awarded when wounded due to hostile action. Not by falling and spraining your ankle.

    • @Rick2010100
      @Rick2010100 5 років тому +8

      Two iron cross, this means first 2nd class and than 1st class.

    • @neinnein9306
      @neinnein9306 5 років тому +42

      @Scott Laux Don't be so disrespectful to your soldiers! At least treat them good in your country, not like in mine. Greetz from Berlin.

    • @rinscheida
      @rinscheida 4 роки тому +2

      nein nein as a German-American I’m sad to hear that

    • @laurentiamartaux8834
      @laurentiamartaux8834 4 роки тому

      @@neinnein9306 frankreich uber alles

    • @neinnein9306
      @neinnein9306 4 роки тому

      @@laurentiamartaux8834 n.p. :)

  • @N1SMO32
    @N1SMO32 6 років тому +952

    This is real journalism, not what you see on the television!

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 5 років тому +21

      On television it would be edit the interview to make the point you're paid to make, and then edit in strong emotion to make it stick with the viewer's subconscious.

    • @apefromthekitchen
      @apefromthekitchen 4 роки тому +8

      In deed. Sick of fake news and propaganda.

    • @WorkOutFailDOTcom
      @WorkOutFailDOTcom 4 роки тому +4

      this is from television, forces tv

    • @Max-nt5zs
      @Max-nt5zs 4 роки тому

      No its not they completely left out what capture was like and how he escaped. His friends probably didn't.

    • @del.see.oh.89
      @del.see.oh.89 4 роки тому +2

      This is TV.

  • @enclavesoldier6555
    @enclavesoldier6555 3 роки тому +11

    Thank you for doing this interview and letting this mans voice be heard

  • @futuristic8748
    @futuristic8748 6 років тому +224

    You can always see the pain in the eyes of these veterans when they remember their experiences.

    • @francescosisto7131
      @francescosisto7131 4 роки тому +10

      @I'm Right What a shame that war was, millions of young, bright people wiped out the face of earth for no reason, Woman and Children exterminated, entire cities and ancient beautiful architecture destroyed, young boys killing each other just because they wore a different color uniform..

    • @ashamancito4630
      @ashamancito4630 3 роки тому +3

      For war is hell.

    • @Louis.R
      @Louis.R 3 роки тому

      blocked tear ducts, my friend. This man is too hard to cry.

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Рік тому

      Unbelievable that 2.8 million watched this completely unnecessary video. This video is superfluous because obviously sympathies are to be awakened for a former German soldier. But no one should have sympathy for these soldiers of a felonious army! Because this felonious army was involved in various genocides and was also involved in various wars of aggression that made this genocides possible in the first place. Overall, the Nazi nation with the Nazi army is responsible for 55 million deaths and, in addition, for the destruction of many European cities and the economic ruin of many nations.

    • @guynorth3277
      @guynorth3277 Рік тому

      @@francescosisto7131 ; Yep, and that vile madman Putin is doing the same thing!

  • @StratBurst92
    @StratBurst92 5 років тому +698

    My Father was a Sargent in a US Army Combat Engineer Battalion and was in D Day, The Bulge, Luxembourg, Germany, and finally Austria. He told me of all of his accounts during that time and mentioned that he had respect for the soldiers of the German Army. I think that it is very important that we hear how it was on the other side as well.

    • @Just-me-Laura
      @Just-me-Laura 5 років тому +18

      Yes it is

    • @asillariya601
      @asillariya601 5 років тому +18

      Wow, all of the battles? Respect.

    • @blonk3515
      @blonk3515 5 років тому +30

      Unfortunately it’s a bit harder to find stories of the other side since most are either dead or inprisoned

    • @Just-me-Laura
      @Just-me-Laura 5 років тому +2

      @@blonk3515 Sadly that's the case in most instances.

    • @compoturn1029
      @compoturn1029 5 років тому +16

      The other side dragged women by there hair into the gas chambers then threw the children in after them.

  • @davidperaza4834
    @davidperaza4834 7 років тому +2112

    This guy is just an ordinary guy who joined the army too serve his country like any other soldier from any nation. This guy was not in the SS.

    • @N3ptuneflyer
      @N3ptuneflyer 6 років тому +217

      @Dissenting Tirade Normal men led by horrible people who corrupted the men under their rule. Many "normal" men did horrible things because of the influence of the poisonous people leading them. They were all infected with a disgusting ideology that needed to be destroyed, the Wehrmacht did not have those same people or ideology in their ranks, they conducted war with as much dignity as any of the other players in the war.

    • @TheRaveJunkie
      @TheRaveJunkie 6 років тому +70

      @Dissenting Tirade Sure, they were all forced to become Nazis. Except they were not. Fucking fool.

    • @darthirae8840
      @darthirae8840 5 років тому +71

      Neptuneflyer What was disgusting about their ideology? Please elaborate

    • @wb6162
      @wb6162 5 років тому +56

      @Dissenting Tirade Not all SS were killing innocent people but the ones who did are NOT heroes of any kind or patriots. They were criminals. I can confidently say I would shoot any officer that ordered me to shoot a child or an innocent woman or man...damn the consequences.

    • @wb6162
      @wb6162 5 років тому +77

      @@N3ptuneflyer Yes disgusting ideology, a lot like progressivism and left wing liberalism. Suppress freedom of speech, control the message. Shame outliers and rebels. Much like liberal American universities.

  • @irishstock2108
    @irishstock2108 3 роки тому +13

    Finally a word from the other side, usually you typically get the allied stories. Thank you for sharing.

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d 8 років тому +420

    92? Jesus. I'm 38 next month and I can barely remember high school.

    • @Roope00
      @Roope00 8 років тому +42

      I'm 16 and I can barely remember what happened last year.

    • @mastergamer59
      @mastergamer59 8 років тому +116

      This is not something you forget easily

    • @reallyreynn
      @reallyreynn 8 років тому +13

      Because a war has the same correlation as a shitty school program...

    • @aeropostale101nw
      @aeropostale101nw 6 років тому

      Flashbulb memories.

    • @produfrag
      @produfrag 6 років тому +4

      if you would went through the Things he did, you would remember

  • @miklob1778
    @miklob1778 8 років тому +1150

    I don't care what you say, that man is true patriot and hero.

    • @mikeromney4712
      @mikeromney4712 8 років тому +22

      Instead what should he had to do?....I like if people jabber arrogant and have zero knowledge about the time and personal situations...

    • @mikeromney4712
      @mikeromney4712 8 років тому +3

      The comparison is always a topic, as long as an atrocity is discussed.

    • @miklob1778
      @miklob1778 8 років тому +29

      Satans Toe Tango Nazi war crimes*
      The Wehrmacht were drafted, what they did they were ordered to do. The Wehrmacht were not bad people. Their leaders were.

    • @miklob1778
      @miklob1778 8 років тому +22

      YellowBlue RC Exactly. Plus, "history is written by the victors," the allied forces committed plenty of atrocities you won't find in the history books. The US and the Nazis were both guilty of war crimes.

    • @SMGJohn
      @SMGJohn 8 років тому +3

      +YellowBlue RC
      Waffen SS was a branch of SS you imbecile, Jesus Christ you did not even know that?
      tankarchives.blogspot.no/2014/08/carius-interview.html
      www.spiegel.de/international/germany/rape-murder-and-genocide-nazi-war-crimes-as-described-by-german-soldiers-a-755385-2.html

  • @santiagodiablos3574
    @santiagodiablos3574 5 років тому +480

    What a Charming Gentleman 🌹🌹🌹🇩🇪 God Bless Him 🌹

    • @compoturn1029
      @compoturn1029 5 років тому +13

      Not so charming while murdering women and children.

    • @claudyfocan731
      @claudyfocan731 5 років тому +38

      Criss Cross the Africa corps didn’t commit crimes like that. There was nobody around but the British.
      Not every German soldier murdered and plundered. Some knew they just had a job to do. And didn’t take any liberty to murder regular innocent people.

    • @LeedsCorp
      @LeedsCorp 5 років тому +15

      Criss Cross that’s ignorant statement

    • @tavish4699
      @tavish4699 5 років тому +25

      @@compoturn1029 your a racist

    • @TheSeanoops
      @TheSeanoops 5 років тому

      Tavish *You’re

  • @BatMan-oe2gh
    @BatMan-oe2gh 5 років тому +125

    War is hell, no matter which side you are on. And remember, young men die fighting old men's wars.

    • @TheSealOfTheRose
      @TheSealOfTheRose 4 роки тому +3

      What a load of utter nonsense. You pacifists make me sick. Are you completely morally bankrupt? The Nazis and the allies were the same where they? Everyone’s at fault it doesn’t matter who the aggressor is? Good luck with that you fool. I’m sure you’d love living under a facist state wouldn’t you. Your naivety is pathetic frankly.

    • @BatMan-oe2gh
      @BatMan-oe2gh 4 роки тому +7

      @@TheSealOfTheRose Pacifist? I served in the Australian Army for 15 years. Infantry Soldier in 6RAR.

    • @TheSealOfTheRose
      @TheSealOfTheRose 4 роки тому +1

      In which case don’t parrot out these moral relativist platitudes about ww2. It very much does matter which side you’re on. The Nazis needed defeating. It wasn’t young men fighting and old mans war at all. I’ve heard that used to describe ww1 but never ww2. In fact the older politicians at the time didn’t want to go to war they tried to appease Hitler as long as possible.

    • @TheSealOfTheRose
      @TheSealOfTheRose 4 роки тому +2

      The E.U is a disgrace. The war was fought to preserve the self determination of nations, not to simply abrogate it later on voluntarily. It’s a good thing Britain is leaving the EU I believe other nations will follow suit. I don’t see the need for revision of our ideas Surrounding the last war. Fascism isn’t patriotism it’s the cult of authority. Freedom is an Anglo Saxon invention, with an emphasis on the Anglo part of that phrase. The Teutonic mind is too blinkered to even understand the concept of freedom. Hence why Germany has been so pro EU.

    • @TheSealOfTheRose
      @TheSealOfTheRose 4 роки тому +1

      That is why I said Anglo Saxon with the emphasis on the Anglo! The German mentality is not suited to freedom the way the British and American mentality is. They have no tradition of it, they like being told what to do. The afd do not believe in freedom they are authoritarian. You are being hoodwinked into accepting authoritarianism in the guise of anti establishmentism. It doesn’t matter about the Saxons being a northern Germanic tribe. That was a thousand years ago. The best thing that happened to this Island was the Normans giving us our law and the fact we had a parliament and a constitution centuries before any of these other pathetic countries. England has been in a poor state for a long time because of lousy leaders. We have a promising conservative government for the first since mrs Thatcher. We have left Europe because we can learn nothing from them. In Every Generation the nations of Europe have attempted to band together and form some form of consensus union that prevents freedom and it has always fallen to we British to stop it. King Phillip tried, king Louis tried, napoleon tried, the Kaiser tried, Hitler tried and the EU have tried. They are all the same. We beat them all and will continue to do so. Fascism is not a response to leftist expansionism it is another form of the same thing. It’s all socialism it’s all rather disgusting, only traditional Conservativism works and none of this populist Europeans have the faintest idea what that looks like because they haven’t seen it for hundreds of years.

  • @j.cannon2021
    @j.cannon2021 8 років тому +397

    this man fought and was willing to die for his country anything less than total respect is dishonorable to any veteran no matter what side they were on.

    • @docpossum2460
      @docpossum2460 6 років тому +1

      Idk about that, some conscripts and regular men weren't good people, but this guy seems OK.

    • @williammangelsen1636
      @williammangelsen1636 6 років тому +3

      The Enlisted man is Rarely anything Short of a Good and Honest Man.
      This is True for Near Every Army Man has Made.

    • @furyrage4036
      @furyrage4036 6 років тому +1

      cannon m 90 percent of soldiers were willing to die for their country this man is nothing special

    • @FrLawRE
      @FrLawRE 6 років тому

      XBG Fury - I think that what cannon m meant is that this man is one of many who was willing to sacrifice himself for his country. He is just using this man as an example to say this.

    • @wailin4192
      @wailin4192 6 років тому +7

      Alden Buyer You seem like a scumbag. Down with the marxist order and down with communism. Germany heroically did all they could to keep the communist scum at bay.

  • @augustvonmackensen806
    @augustvonmackensen806 8 років тому +248

    "Naturally the German people didn't want war. That is understood. But,
    after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the Germany who determine the policy and
    it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a
    democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist
    dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the
    bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM
    THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of
    patriotism and exposing the country to danger" - Hermann Göring.

    • @inTHEwrongGENERATION
      @inTHEwrongGENERATION 8 років тому +7

      Its impossible to deny there was "War Fever" In Germany, in late 1930's and early 1940's, the Germans steamed through western Europe with only small casualties and the Russians retreated all across the Eastern front. Naturally the Germany people were overcome with patriotic emotions and believed they would win the war within a few short years, this soon began to wane after devastating losses in the Eastern Front and the loss of North Africa and then the subsequent invasion of Italy and France and the German retreat in the east. As soon as the Germans started having heavy losses and losing ground the German people were hoping for a quick surrender and for their boys to come home. Sadly the war was drawn out and the German people saw the brunt of it.

    • @augustvonmackensen806
      @augustvonmackensen806 8 років тому +19

      inTHEwrongGENERATION
      Unarmed civilians stood no chance against the Germans. Hardly makes them heroes and certainly did not bring them victory.

    • @Larry_Suave
      @Larry_Suave 8 років тому +11

      The germans loved war.. As long as it wasn't their country getting brutalized.

    • @Larry_Suave
      @Larry_Suave 8 років тому +11

      Hans S
      Ya, like I said. Germans are completely fine with people being slaughtered as long as it's not them.

    • @orwellwouldhavehatedtrump2791
      @orwellwouldhavehatedtrump2791 8 років тому +18

      From 1933 to 1939 they were all forced to attend the military parades?

  • @robertbishop5357
    @robertbishop5357 5 років тому +61

    60 years is so awesome. God bless this wonderful couple. God bless our German friends.

    • @disparuetderetour5230
      @disparuetderetour5230 5 років тому +3

      Well, In their time they didn't divorce a lot and he's a dentist. A wealthy hard working man, no woman would let him down.

  • @IndianJS
    @IndianJS 4 роки тому +11

    He is blessed, a lot of men never made it out of War. 🤝

  • @poserdragon719
    @poserdragon719 6 років тому +1320

    Imagine getting drafted into the military and was forced to fight
    And then people call you as "the evil men"

    • @Hezigrimm
      @Hezigrimm 5 років тому +165

      Even if they did willingly sign up for the armed forces. How were they to know the extent Nazi Germany would go? There is evilness on all sides of war and to proclaim one side is the most inherently evil one is a crime against all of humanity.

    • @Hezigrimm
      @Hezigrimm 5 років тому +12

      @penguins inadiorama One more thing. You act like the logistics of having a gas chambers is impossible. Yet, Germany built an entire military within a few years.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary 5 років тому +2

      Poser Dragon of course, by people in the same situation, who aren’t the definition of innocent themselves...

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary 5 років тому +7

      Poser Dragon history is written by the victors (even though no one won, everyone lost)...

    • @yukip8312
      @yukip8312 5 років тому

      That's happening in korea

  • @oddball2870
    @oddball2870 6 років тому +79

    A true soldier

  • @leeroberts3181
    @leeroberts3181 3 роки тому +22

    Just finished reading the Forgotten Soldier. How anyone survived and lead an ordinary life after that is humbling.

    • @Drizz52
      @Drizz52 3 роки тому +2

      That book was very moving, especially at the end when he told his friend Hals to wait for him, he'd be right back and he never saw him again.

  • @amc3
    @amc3 4 роки тому +49

    Remarkable man, what stories he could tell. I`m British, my son moved to Berlin 5 years ago, visit him often, love Germany, beautiful country with nice people.

    • @tiffanygrever8092
      @tiffanygrever8092 2 роки тому +2

      I have known all of germans in my life and they are good people more polite some.

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Рік тому

      I lived in Germany for a long time. What I've learned in time is to despise them! Unbelievable that 2.8 million watched this completely unnecessary video. This video is superfluous because obviously sympathies are to be awakened for a former German soldier. But no one should have sympathy for these soldiers of a felonious army! Because this felonious army was involved in various genocides and was also involved in various wars of aggression that made this genocides possible in the first place. Overall, the Nazi nation with the Nazi army is responsible for 55 million deaths and, in addition, for the destruction of many European cities and the economic ruin of many nations.

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Рік тому

      By the way, Brit, that you like German so much fits in with your behavior of earlier times. So to the betray on Poland in 1939!

    • @theoderich1168
      @theoderich1168 6 місяців тому

      @@GreatPolishWingedHussars Keep looking for the truth, you haven't found it yet....The Polish should have been nicer to the ethnic Germans, Ukrainians, Slovaks and others in their country between 1919 and 1939; the only sensible man was Pilsudski.
      Instead of relying on France and Britain you could have become friends with your neighbours. So many Poles came to Germany since the 1800s and their descendants are German now, we should just have been friends.....

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars 6 місяців тому

      @@theoderich1168 A Great idea to make friends with the Nazis! Yes, to befriend those who want to exterminate you is really a great idea! By the way, Ukrainians, Slovaks and others were not a big problem for Poland. Only one nation was the problem. The Nazi nation was the very big problem! Because this nation wanted to exterminate the Poles according to their genocidal plan "Master Plan for the East" (Generalplan Ost). Because according to the insane genocidal plan "Master Plan for the East", the Nazi nation actually wanted to exterminate a large part of the Slavic population of Poland and the Soviet Union
      and enslave a small part after the successful conquest of the Polish and Soviet territories. That was a plan to carry out various genocides against virtually all Slavic nations.

  • @stonaraptor8196
    @stonaraptor8196 7 років тому +281

    hm, he returned at the age of 21 and was already more of a man than i am at the age of almost 30.

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 5 років тому +4

      You wouldn't like it.

    • @cytrynowy_melon6604
      @cytrynowy_melon6604 5 років тому

      @Mercury Grand Marquis you are below.

    • @kimbella66
      @kimbella66 5 років тому +4

      Killing people does not make you a man.

    • @treborhi
      @treborhi 5 років тому

      @Antonio Perales del Hierro Don't agree but that was funny

    • @DrJaehn
      @DrJaehn 4 роки тому

      @Antonio Perales del Hierro got the point

  • @slickmic6113
    @slickmic6113 6 років тому +60

    I'm 50 years old I sure hope I look and sound that good when I'm 92 which I don't feel like I'll ever be there

  • @wirelessone2986
    @wirelessone2986 5 років тому +22

    Thank you so much for this interview and for showing his patches and medals.My grandfather was in an American armored unit so I really appreciate hearing the other side.Thank you again.

  • @thewoppitkennedy282
    @thewoppitkennedy282 8 років тому +8

    We need to hear these stories from both sides. Delighted that such a remarkable man survived such horrors.

  • @garydufton3510
    @garydufton3510 5 років тому +109

    The fighting some of these German soldiers endured is unbelievable.Much respect

    • @joefoley1480
      @joefoley1480 3 роки тому +1

      and the Vietnamese?

    • @sidv4615
      @sidv4615 3 роки тому

      were you in the military as well sir?

    • @rasputin1338
      @rasputin1338 3 роки тому +4

      Sorry - no respect. They were Hitler's army and they committed unspeakable crimes in his name. No respect just because he appears like a benign old man. He would have killed any of you in a heartbeat when he was in service to der fuhrer.

    • @deweykendrick1260
      @deweykendrick1260 3 роки тому +3

      @@rasputin1338 oh yeah? You think the Russians or Japanese were any better

    • @liebeimohr
      @liebeimohr 3 роки тому +1

      No respect for Nazis! We are (in contrast to other countries) well educated about the German history... There´s nothing honorable about committing one of the most cruel crimes in history. Shame!!!
      Greetings from Germany!

  • @tohuman14
    @tohuman14 3 роки тому +99

    "finish this bottle of cognac, then ask them again"
    *squads finishes bottle*
    "Fuggit, for the fuhrer.... :/"

    • @user_____M
      @user_____M 3 роки тому +3

      Same with the Soviets.

    • @kaiser999wt
      @kaiser999wt 3 роки тому +8

      @@user_____M except with vodka lol

    • @Lymelyte4eva
      @Lymelyte4eva 3 роки тому +2

      LMAOOOO I was looking for this comment and you did not disappoint!

  • @HanzShaoPing
    @HanzShaoPing 3 роки тому +3

    Such a lovely well kept home, pastries on the table for their guests and a beautiful yard out the window. What a wonderful place and people.

  • @samuelmulletsr.4624
    @samuelmulletsr.4624 8 років тому +557

    We had German pow farm workers during the war in Pymatuning Township. They were polite, apologetic and not one of them displayed any fondness for the Nazis. As a matter of fact the level of hatred for Hitler they voiced was astonishing.
    Many stayed on after the war, they preferred the land of opportunity and liberty I suppose.

    • @billt7283
      @billt7283 8 років тому +25

      thank you for letting people know of your experiences with these men. I too have spent time speaking with some German veterans mostly with ;the gentleman in this video for years, until I became ill and couldn't write to him anymore. This video made me want to reach out to him again. I actually colorized the portrait in the video he showed. He is an honorable and religious man, who was thrown into a war with all the boys his age at the time. He survived Afrikakorps, although wounded seriously when his tank was hit several times by AT guns. Trust me when I say that towards the end and after the war, he understood why it was a good thing that Germany lost the war.

    • @samuelmulletsr.4624
      @samuelmulletsr.4624 8 років тому +57

      *****
      Tell me son, is your google broken?

    • @billt7283
      @billt7283 8 років тому

      ***** look up camp Reynolds if your google is fixed

    • @billt7283
      @billt7283 8 років тому

      ***** haha i love the people who say "I looked it up on THE GOOGLE". The google, gotta love it. But there were many German POWs where this man is from, as there were a few camps in the area.

    • @hairyholt7808
      @hairyholt7808 8 років тому +23

      Anders Dahl
      Hey whacko, who ar you talking too?

  • @Love.life.ashigzoya
    @Love.life.ashigzoya 3 роки тому +9

    Very nice hearing the German side. There should be more of these as time is running out . Thank you.

  • @ExVeritateLibertas
    @ExVeritateLibertas 7 років тому +111

    We need more of this interview....including how he *escaped* the Soviet Gulag and made it back to Germany!

    • @tywinlannister8015
      @tywinlannister8015 5 років тому +14

      I don't think he ever made it to the Gulag.
      It's said he returned home at age 21. Enlisted at 17 - first theater being Afrikacorps in 1941.
      That means he was 21 in 1945. The trip to Soviet Union and back would have taken a couple of years at the very least.
      So I think he escaped Red Army custody while still in Germany.

    •  5 років тому +3

      I suspect he got away before he entered a gulag, he sort of hinted at it when talking about the tiny compass he had, he was probably still in the soviet occupied part of germany or very close and just slipped away and started walking home.

    • @arvedludwig3584
      @arvedludwig3584 5 років тому +1

      As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
      Is a good film but the authenticity of the story is questionable. Nevertheless it's worth seeing.

    • @stewartmills7343
      @stewartmills7343 5 років тому +9

      You wont get more interviews; because there are "People" who need the Germans to remain Monsters for their own Political Agendas. All about the Money

    • @billt7283
      @billt7283 4 роки тому

      grimmsterification thats pretty close to what happened to him. He did indeed escape captivity

  • @Johnny53kgb-nsa
    @Johnny53kgb-nsa 4 роки тому +7

    I enjoy hearing first hand knowledge from a soldier on the opposing side. It makes you realize, or drives home the point, that these are human beings too. They have a family, just like we do and want to live just like we do.

  • @The-F.R.E.E.-J.
    @The-F.R.E.E.-J. 5 років тому +16

    There's a special kind of sanity, it would seem, one would have to possess in order to live so many years after experiencing such horrors. He's a blessed man, relative to what he has seen, for sure.

  • @TecraX2
    @TecraX2 3 роки тому +237

    "War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other" - Niko Bellic, GTA IV

    • @jsmariani4180
      @jsmariani4180 3 роки тому +12

      You missed the part about killing civilians, whose deaths often outnumber those of the soldiers.

    • @tutorialsforidiots7987
      @tutorialsforidiots7987 3 роки тому +8

      @@jsmariani4180 you mean trolling civilians

    • @greaseddude8396
      @greaseddude8396 3 роки тому +7

      @@jsmariani4180 we do a bit of trolling

    • @waynerenolds3955
      @waynerenolds3955 3 роки тому +2

      back in these days people were FORCED. idk about germany, but americans didnt have a say in the matter.

    • @tomflendodo7297
      @tomflendodo7297 3 роки тому +1

      War is Hell !!! War is Horrific !!!!!
      War is Like France !! Once U go there U Never, want 2 go Back !!!!;!

  • @CH-vh8kg
    @CH-vh8kg 3 роки тому +5

    Grandfather served New Zealand 26th Battallion 2nd Expeditionary Force , Crete , North Africa . Didn't say alot about WW2 . The few times he did speak was of the respect he had for the Afrika Korps and Rommel . Wow what a life this German vet has had, and a good productive life after the madness of WW2.

  • @YungIsyan
    @YungIsyan Рік тому +11

    thanks for your service

    • @Zopiexx
      @Zopiexx Рік тому +1

      You're mad.

    • @YungIsyan
      @YungIsyan Рік тому +4

      @@Zopiexx why

    • @Zopiexx
      @Zopiexx Рік тому +1

      ​@@YungIsyan Thank his service for what exactly? Servicing the N@zi war machine?

    • @Zopiexx
      @Zopiexx Рік тому +1

      @@YungIsyan Answer my question. Or you got no answer.

    • @YungIsyan
      @YungIsyan Рік тому +4

      @@Zopiexx Whats your question?

  • @valeriegriner5644
    @valeriegriner5644 6 років тому +416

    Wonderful story! As an American with German ancestors, it's nice to see an unbiased, beautiful story of a TRUE German...with a heart & soul. He and his wife look AMAZING! I wish I knew their secrets of health & youthfulness. So glad his mother got her son back...and he was(and is)...very handsome. I still find it hard to believe that we were ALLIES with the Stalin/Red Army/Communist Regime...carpet-bombing Germany into oblivion. So sad.

    • @DINOZAUR30
      @DINOZAUR30 6 років тому +13

      They were allies with Stalin too - 1939 until 1941

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 6 років тому +9

      probably can't be viewed legally in Germany today.

    • @obligatoryusername7239
      @obligatoryusername7239 6 років тому +5

      Valerie Griner, if Churchill had his way, Stalin would have been next on the chopping block after Hitler, but they kicked him out.

    • @obligatoryusername7239
      @obligatoryusername7239 6 років тому +13

      @raptorcraft21 You are probably right. Nonetheless, it is a shame that half of Europe remained under totalitarianism after the Allies fought a bloody war to destroy that very thing.

    •  6 років тому +14

      You are aware that it was the brits that thought of carpet bombing right? Not that i'm taking sides, this is just a really juvenile statement.

  • @zcinner
    @zcinner 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you for your service!

  • @midnightrider7648
    @midnightrider7648 7 років тому +6

    great story. my dad landed on omaha beach during normandy invasion. he passed 4-1-13. i would give anything to have him here and tell me stories from WW2.

  • @MrJokerh61
    @MrJokerh61 5 років тому +24

    Respect to this German soldier he's telling his incredible story it's not always about the British and Americans....

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Рік тому +3

      Ridiculous respect for Nazi soldiers! Unbelievable that 2.8 million watched this completely unnecessary video. This video is superfluous because obviously sympathies are to be awakened for a former German soldier. But no one should have sympathy for these soldiers of a felonious army! Because this felonious army was involved in various genocides and was also involved in various wars of aggression that made this genocides possible in the first place. Overall, the Nazi nation with the Nazi army is responsible for 55 million deaths and, in addition, for the destruction of many European cities and the economic ruin of many nations.

    • @cheapcraftygirlsweepstakes2338
      @cheapcraftygirlsweepstakes2338 Рік тому +3

      @@GreatPolishWingedHussarsCan’t argue with that.

    • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
      @GreatPolishWingedHussars Рік тому +1

      @@cheapcraftygirlsweepstakes2338
      OK! Thanks! Greetings from Poland!

    • @marcusaurelius3487
      @marcusaurelius3487 Рік тому

      @@GreatPolishWingedHussars Yeah because every soldier was a nazi....

    • @CameronLasmore
      @CameronLasmore 6 місяців тому +1

      There are also extremely brave young men who rebel and defect against their country's dumb wars. Remember that.

  • @chuckberry5355
    @chuckberry5355 8 років тому +103

    No more brothers wars!!

    • @chuckberry5355
      @chuckberry5355 8 років тому +11

      Shelby Hughes Couldn't agree more.

    • @martyrobinson149
      @martyrobinson149 8 років тому +1

      +Shelby Hughes
      Hitler allied with Stalin then he betrayed him !
      The USSR fed and fuelled Hitler's war machine 1939-41.

    • @firefyfe6211
      @firefyfe6211 8 років тому +3

      +Shelby Hughes Always reassuring to have a mentally ill Neo Nazi somewhere on the planet

    • @amselsmith2518
      @amselsmith2518 8 років тому

      not an argument

    • @josecarranza7555
      @josecarranza7555 7 років тому +1

      How was this a brothers war?
      Nazi Germany had occupied Europe, we had to go there and kick butt.

  • @nn_oogermany
    @nn_oogermany 3 роки тому +42

    His story reminds me a lot of my grandfather, who also got captured by the Soviet army and managed to flee back to Germany and marry the girl he loved before the war started.

    • @e.p3509
      @e.p3509 3 роки тому +2

      Lovely! Heroic in all regards

    • @cuddlemuffin.9545
      @cuddlemuffin.9545 3 роки тому

      Imagine being proud that your grand father was a nazi.... what has the world become

    • @cuddlemuffin.9545
      @cuddlemuffin.9545 3 роки тому +1

      @@Hi-vo9ku he served the nazi regime lmao

    • @profezzorBALTAZAR
      @profezzorBALTAZAR 3 роки тому +2

      @@cuddlemuffin.9545 finish your school, at least kids school, before commenting anything here on UA-cam. Or wait, just comment on those fortnite videos that you're watching🤣🙈

    • @robertclark1669
      @robertclark1669 2 роки тому +3

      @@cuddlemuffin.9545 It's weird to me that the people who actually fought the Germans never say anything like "Your Grandfather was a Nazi!".

  • @ronanrogers4127
    @ronanrogers4127 4 роки тому +49

    He looks fantastic. Not at all like a 92 year old man, a war veteran from so long ago.

    • @humanforfreedom9583
      @humanforfreedom9583 4 роки тому +4

      He’s german and comes from the national socialist period where appearance was everything of course he looks fantastic lol

    • @avigindratt7608
      @avigindratt7608 4 роки тому

      a nazi who will rot in hell

    • @humanforfreedom9583
      @humanforfreedom9583 4 роки тому +7

      Avi Gindratt it’s Zionist globalists like you and Epstein who will rot in hell. God bless the national socialists who resisted your evil.

    • @avigindratt7608
      @avigindratt7608 4 роки тому

      @@humanforfreedom9583 resist DEEZ NUTZ

    • @avigindratt7608
      @avigindratt7608 3 роки тому

      @Red Devil Imagine defending Nazis

  • @biomanization
    @biomanization 5 років тому +8

    The set, so simply designed, to focus on the soldier and his story. Nicely done!

  • @ronald7139
    @ronald7139 5 років тому +45

    And still has his own teeth!, amazing man - much respect

  • @tuck0928
    @tuck0928 8 років тому +142

    A lot of hate in the comments. You forget that he's just the same as any other veteran of WWII.

    • @Hezigrimm
      @Hezigrimm 5 років тому +11

      Especially after hearing how he thought of the dead soldier that he saw. He clearly was able to get over it and that is good but I am sure at the time it was very hard to bear.

    • @watchdogsgamerbobiswatchdo8379
      @watchdogsgamerbobiswatchdo8379 5 років тому

      He is a nazi

    • @LukeLovesRose
      @LukeLovesRose 5 років тому +11

      @@watchdogsgamerbobiswatchdo8379 And you're a brainwashed idiot....

    • @Marcopolo12as
      @Marcopolo12as 5 років тому +1

      NAZI

    • @LukeLovesRose
      @LukeLovesRose 5 років тому +5

      @@Marcopolo12as You say that like it's a bad thing....

  • @juralevak8545
    @juralevak8545 6 років тому +83

    I hope he is alive and doing well!!!

    • @RedactedRyanTV
      @RedactedRyanTV 3 роки тому +3

      @@dante6055 what actions? He fought honourably and bravely for his country. You will never be half the man he is.

    • @RedactedRyanTV
      @RedactedRyanTV 3 роки тому +1

      @@dante6055 You watch too much TV, the man in this video wasn’t even a Nazi.

    • @RedactedRyanTV
      @RedactedRyanTV 3 роки тому +2

      @@dante6055 You still haven’t told me what actions he should regret, what the hell did this man do to put your panties in such a twist? 😂

    • @ryanmcgowan417
      @ryanmcgowan417 3 роки тому

      @@dante6055 He won't have known about the holocaust

  • @golden36
    @golden36 5 років тому +65

    During the 8 years that i was posted to W. Germany i had the pleasure of meeting many soldiers from the second W. W. And they all had the same thoughts , we wish this would stop so we can all go home to our families . I really enjoyed my time in Germany , the people were absolutely fantastic , the country is spotlessly clean , the German people sure know how to cook and they defiantly know how to make BEER the best in the world , I sure drank enough of it , I hope some day to return and visit all of my Deutscher friends. (Falcons MC Lahr )

    • @kenduffy5397
      @kenduffy5397 5 років тому +8

      Dave Leyte... Everything you just said is 110% true.

    • @kenduffy5397
      @kenduffy5397 4 роки тому +2

      @Dave Leyte... Hey, just one quick question if you don't mind me asking? Back in the late 90’, I worked the 3:00 pm-11:00 pm shift in a Nursing Home. One of my co-workers that worked in Admissions ( we had plenty of time to chat because all the bosses left at 3:00 pm, except for one 3-11 Nursing Supervisor ) he was in the Army & was also Based in West Germany 🇩🇪. He, as you said, absolutely love it! And actually would go back every other year with his Wife. I'm a 47yr-old now & he was much older than me back then & like I said; this was around 96’ 97’ or so? He, like you also said; the Beer was the best in the world! But he also told me that when his Division was Based there, he was told by his Superiors; that if you drink the local Beer here? You need to make sure you're not allergic to Penicillin! Because apparently ( again this is what he told me ) that the beer is not Pasteurized like it is here in the United States & if it's on a shelf or out for long periods of time? It's possible that the beer may start getting Mouldy? Is this true or just BS? Thank you again, Dave, for sharing your experiences with us all! Oh ps, he also said exactly the same thing about how CLEAN it is there! He told me there isn't even any Junk in the Woods like old Cars used Tires, etc...

    • @golden36
      @golden36 4 роки тому +5

      @@kenduffy5397 sorry for taking so long to reply but your friend is pulling your leg ,no such nonsense but he's right about everything else , to be honest the beer didn't last very long because it was so good ,take care .

    • @kenduffy5397
      @kenduffy5397 4 роки тому +3

      Dave Leyte... No need for apologies, I’m thankful you got back to me, period. Thank you for your honesty. I’ve noticed on YouTupe lately everyone thinks they’re smarter than everyone else, in the comments section. I thought about your answer & you have to be right? Because I had a very dear friend of mine ( He actually saved me from myself back in 2000 while I was first going through my divorce ) & he would have mentioned that too me. Unlike you, he wasn’t in the Military. He went to W. Germany on 3 Weeks vacation ( as one can do being a Teacher & having the entire summer off ) he loved it there as well. Said the first thing that came to his mind, was how clean it was. The only complaint he had ( it's not really a complaint ) is he wished he had only gone for 2 weeks and not 3. I can see why he’d feel that way? A single guy going all by himself? He said, he absolutely loved Germany but 3 Weeks was just on the edge of being there too long. That is a long time to be in a completely different culture overseas. He also said unlike here, when he would go out to eat and have a few drinks at a Pub or Bar, it’s not like here. We’re as here, in most Pubs, Bars it's mostly all adults. But in a Pub-bar environment in Germany, most places the entire family is out having a good time. Knowing him as I do? Lol, he was probably more upset he didn’t meet a nice single German chick. Thank you, Dave

    • @freppie_
      @freppie_ 4 роки тому

      first try some of the Dutch beers, ;)

  • @SKoGoMoney
    @SKoGoMoney 3 роки тому +9

    God Bless him, the soldiers that fought with him, and the soldiers he fought against.

  • @PANCHOSWAY
    @PANCHOSWAY 5 років тому +47

    besides the fact that he look super good in shape for a 90 + year old guy, its even more impressive for him to speak english that great!

    • @haylee1659
      @haylee1659 4 роки тому +8

      @TheWeeaboo The germans are known for not speaking english well? They are actually known for speaking English very well in Europe Haha

    • @mebsrea
      @mebsrea 3 роки тому +1

      @TheWeeaboo You can generally expect a university-educated German to speak English quite well, and that's increasingly the case for less highly educated, younger Germans as well. However, someone who left school at 14 or 15 60 years ago to farm or train as a baker or blacksmith just wouldn't usually have had that much opportunity to learn English.

    • @inthekurpfalz
      @inthekurpfalz 3 роки тому +1

      @TheWeeaboo English is mandatory from 3rd grade on in Germany.

    • @inthekurpfalz
      @inthekurpfalz 3 роки тому +1

      @TheWeeaboo Yeah, it's funny - and like you say, "they don't want to speak English." That's not the same as "Germans do not speak English well."

  • @-----REDACTED-----
    @-----REDACTED----- 8 років тому +58

    Just listen how his voice wavers when telling of when the realisation of the guilt of his first kill kicked in!

    • @TheNightWatcher1385
      @TheNightWatcher1385 5 років тому +1

      wally mason Funny, I thought the war was started by Hitler demanding more and more territory and playing chicken with the British and French.

  • @josephddd117
    @josephddd117 5 років тому +5

    Wonderful video. Interviews like this are priceless, a look at history, a look at the soldier lifestyle, encouraging words for any in the armed forces or who struggle with hardship in general.

  • @ikeike2
    @ikeike2 8 років тому +15

    I love people like this on BOTH sides

  • @TheKnowsHD
    @TheKnowsHD 5 років тому +28

    The most important things to do for us as Society is:
    Remember and learn
    remember how it began
    remember how it was made possible
    and learn how to prevent this in future .
    In German we have the say : "Wehret den anfängen" / "resist the beginnings"

  • @kriest3470
    @kriest3470 3 роки тому +4

    The wicked, the cruel, the naive and the forgotten. Most soldiers were simple family members who had no choice to fight as their country needed them. May the fallen of all soldiers rest in peace

  • @kevinverduci7600
    @kevinverduci7600 2 роки тому +2

    Such a treasure to have these interviews

  • @wvusmc
    @wvusmc 5 років тому +6

    Much respect to this tremendous patriot and soldier.

    • @kol3981
      @kol3981 5 років тому

      wvusmc Yes

    • @CameronLasmore
      @CameronLasmore 6 місяців тому

      LMAO you comment that on an interview with someone who fought in the most genocidal murderous country in modern history. There are also extremely brave young men who rebel and defect against their country's dumb wars. Remember that.

  • @luciankristov6436
    @luciankristov6436 4 роки тому +8

    Regardless who you served for, thank you for your service. You fought for what you believed in. You gave it your all. And you deserve the respect you've earned.

  • @jamieschmidt461
    @jamieschmidt461 3 роки тому +14

    This old man speaks better english than 95% of german politicians.

    • @Ostepaka
      @Ostepaka 5 місяців тому

      You mean Jewish politicians.

  • @williamkennedy5492
    @williamkennedy5492 3 роки тому +1

    He speaks from the heart about looking into the eyes of a young soldier, he understood what he had just done, and still war goes on !

  • @JackHY2K
    @JackHY2K 6 років тому +108

    Very touching story! This man looked amazing for 92 with a very sharp mind and more coherent and well spoken than many of my college classmates! I doubt he's a Nazi as the Afrika Korps (1941-1943) don't seem to be part of the SS. And he's made no mention of ever being in the SS post-1943.
    May this man live for 10+ more years and continue to share his stories to others, especially the younger generation.

    • @LunarLizard
      @LunarLizard 5 років тому +17

      Not all German soldiers where nazis but some morons seem to think they all were

    • @crownprincesebastianjohano7069
      @crownprincesebastianjohano7069 3 роки тому +4

      He wasn't SS. In the picture he is wearing the uniform of a German Army 1st lieutenant of the Panzer branch. He said he was a Panzer crewman until 1943, somehow made it out before Panzerarmee Afrika surrendered, and went to OCS and became a Panzer officer. He was a Tiger platoon leader, probably in one of the independent Heavy Panzer Battalions.

    • @kubanskiloewe
      @kubanskiloewe 3 роки тому

      @@LunarLizard not all but many . ANd for the Waffen SS you should also have in mind that many soldiers would have like to be in this group because they always get better equipment, better support and often more food. So, also in the Waffen SS were Soldiers who act like fake nazis only to get these goodies. In the end their tattoo was´nt useful at all...and russians didnt discuss much when saw it......

    • @cocacoladog10
      @cocacoladog10 3 роки тому +1

      so what if he was a natzee?
      not like they were any worse than the communists or the other allies........

    • @eriklyndund603
      @eriklyndund603 2 роки тому

      More coherent than USA's president

  • @jjwaters4037
    @jjwaters4037 4 роки тому +7

    Man survived a war became a doctor and helped people get better was married and had a family lived a peaceful life...this is truly beautiful

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 роки тому

      Would have been more "beautiful" had his life not included killing others.

    • @jjwaters4037
      @jjwaters4037 4 роки тому

      wholeNwon people serving their nations And I’m sorry you see the ugly side to things

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 роки тому

      @@jjwaters4037 In case you don't realize it, war is ugly. Have you comforted a young man killed for nothing as he dies crying for his mother? I have. Yes, I have seen the "ugly side to things" because that is the reality. Wars result from the failures of politicians. They survive but young people, some still children really, have their lives taken from them as though they were nothing.

    • @jjwaters4037
      @jjwaters4037 4 роки тому

      wholeNwon I am Referring to his career path after the time he served Somebody went from being in the military during the war to becoming a doctor. Btw yes I do know what that’s like I was in the army four years.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 4 роки тому

      @A mixed sandnigga Like firebombing Dresden, etc. Even Bomber Harris called himself a war criminal and pointed out the hypocrisy of the victorious in not prosecuting him. So much for "honor". And POWs are always killed/murdered on all sides.

  • @spodbey9779
    @spodbey9779 7 років тому +8

    "It Doesn't Matter If We Die Or Not" Best Quote Ever Made

  • @sindadunia5793
    @sindadunia5793 4 роки тому +2

    Good you made it through the war.I respect you, you are a hero

  • @nev7711
    @nev7711 5 років тому +6

    Total respect to this gentleman. The ordeal he went through and to make a new life after the war. Good to see him having a long life and being happy with his wife.

  • @alyyj1925
    @alyyj1925 5 років тому +256

    I always find wwii German soldiers interesting more than any other soldiers of that time..

    • @darrellborland119
      @darrellborland119 5 років тому +37

      @alyy...indeed. as a history buff, and son of a Lancaster bomber crew member, I find German ww2 history to be far more interesting than the Allies...probably due to monotonous Allied ww2 propaganda narratives'. Too bad they were fooled by that Little Corporal, and went to a recognizably 'modern hell'.

    • @TheAnonymousIndividual
      @TheAnonymousIndividual 5 років тому +31

      Please watch "The Greatest Story Never Told" and "Europa - The Last Battle" then

    • @eddiejlauzon
      @eddiejlauzon 4 роки тому +9

      alyy j my Grandfather served in Italy during ww2 he never said a bad word about anyone he said it was war you can’t hate anyone it was there duty as well as his

    • @avigindratt7608
      @avigindratt7608 4 роки тому +2

      they're called nazis

    • @mihnea6445
      @mihnea6445 4 роки тому +6

      @@avigindratt7608 yeah bro nazis arent human am i right

  • @darrellborland119
    @darrellborland119 5 років тому +8

    That is an amazing story....thanks.

  • @RodrigoGomez-dz9mh
    @RodrigoGomez-dz9mh 3 роки тому +2

    Beatiful interview. I really enjoyed! Greetings from Chile

  • @wilhelmhesse1348
    @wilhelmhesse1348 6 років тому +4

    This man is amazing, 92 still has his wits about him. The man was an officer in the Panzer Regiment, escaped from a Soviet POW camp, managed to get through heaven nows how many thousands of kms behind enemy lines to the safety of Germany and if that isn't enough of a remarkable story he then studied for a degree in medicine became a medical doctor then a dentist. Amazing man. Remember what he says, he knew he would survive the war, confidence in yourself is key to every obstacle you face.

  • @JudahMaccabee_
    @JudahMaccabee_ 5 років тому +367

    Beautiful European hospitality with the cakes and pastries on the table.

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr 4 роки тому +25

      Don't you do the same in America? Here there is always coffee and cake (pretty much our pendant to the English tea time) when guests come over.

    • @JudahMaccabee_
      @JudahMaccabee_ 4 роки тому +30

      @@boahkeinbockmehr
      They have that in some Southern States ("Southern hospitality"), but for the most part of America, we don't do it like that (unfortunately). We do love our BBQ gatherings though.

    • @jakezywek6852
      @jakezywek6852 4 роки тому +8

      @@JudahMaccabee_ And you have big scary tornadoes.

    • @JudahMaccabee_
      @JudahMaccabee_ 4 роки тому +6

      @@jakezywek6852 Yep. Some parts of Texas, Kansas, Parts of Florida, Oklohoma and Nebraska. That's about it for tornadoes. So if you do the math, over 90% of American States don't have to worry about twisters/tornadoes. Also, the population and people per capita in the 5 'tornado States' is low compared to the rest of America.

    • @jakezywek6852
      @jakezywek6852 4 роки тому +2

      @@JudahMaccabee_ Yeah, I sort of intended the Tornado comment to reference the Southern States.

  • @brunothepug8807
    @brunothepug8807 3 роки тому +11

    I am proud of him and glad he went on to a happy and productive life for all those that served with him and didn't come home. He did his duty and this interview shows how the German soldiers for the most part were no different from ours.

    • @tonyves
      @tonyves 2 роки тому +1

      They were fighting for the gassing of Jews, we were fighting for their freedom. No difference?

    • @brunothepug8807
      @brunothepug8807 2 роки тому

      @@tonyves Yes Tony a big difference. But regular soldiers don't get to chose their wars or whether the cause is just. That is why very few regular soldiers face war crimes tribunals. It will be very different for Russian soldiers in Ukraine because they have committed widespread atrocities and will not be able to claim they were following orders.

  • @lucaschaffi2879
    @lucaschaffi2879 4 роки тому +1

    I am from austria and i'm glad to see that you guy in the comments do not think that we are all monsters

  • @LionofJudah444
    @LionofJudah444 6 років тому +7

    Just being in this man's presence to hear his stories first-hand, would be an incredible honor. This man gave his country everything he had. What a remarkable human being!

  • @satanstoetango6953
    @satanstoetango6953 8 років тому +17

    “The street is no longer measured by meters but by corpses…Stalingrad is no longer a town. By day it is an enormous cloud of burning, blinding smoke; it is a vast furnace lit by the reflection of the flames. And when night arrives, one of those scorching, howling, bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. "

  • @Deus_1
    @Deus_1 6 років тому +52

    When my grandpa’s hometown got invaded. He was seriously wounded. He spoke a little indonesian and as a coincidence a german he fought against also spone indonesian. The german saw my granpa was wounded and offered him help, some bread and water. They never saw eachother again, but i know they would never fight again.

    • @mr.marmot39
      @mr.marmot39 6 років тому

      its very interesting.... and where is your grandpa's hometown btw ?

    • @tavish4699
      @tavish4699 5 років тому +1

      Yea wheres your grandpa from ?

    • @arachnonixon
      @arachnonixon 5 років тому +1

      tbh I never even knew Germany fought Indonesia. what war was this, exactly?

    • @simples3404
      @simples3404 5 років тому +1

      @@arachnonixon They didn't, I think Laurens might just be a moron.

    • @James-fb7el
      @James-fb7el 5 років тому +5

      Simples I believe it was not german but dutch. Not 100% sure but that is the most relatable. Sorry for my fellow Indonesian mistake.

  • @rolfkaiser3183
    @rolfkaiser3183 5 років тому +6

    Was very Happy to read all the polite and positive comments.

  • @Polpiv4tifish
    @Polpiv4tifish 8 років тому +6

    He did all that and he went home aged 21! And here I am aged 31 just watching random videos on youtube. I'm glad I've never been in a war, but then again I'll be an old man one day and I'll never have tales like this to tell.

    • @pointofthespear9919
      @pointofthespear9919 8 років тому +5

      If you never experience war first hand consider your self very blessed
      No glory in war & purposeful death
      A life of peace is the best story to tell

    • @elintra
      @elintra 8 років тому

      Then again what do we really have to tell other people, nothing much happens nowadays which is really presents an ambiguous situation.

  • @pandelispizanias6565
    @pandelispizanias6565 4 роки тому +24

    Sometimes we have to just look at this from the perspective of an average German soldier fighting for his country and not an SS Nazi. There would’ve been major differences. Good on him for surviving and going on to live a long happy life.
    We have to remember that even Germans lost a lot of sons, husbands and brothers in that war because of one evil mans will.

    • @downtoearth5443
      @downtoearth5443 3 роки тому +1

      One evil man ??! That's a far too simplicistic, over romanticised and frankly speaking, appallingly wrong thing to say.

    • @ryanmcgowan417
      @ryanmcgowan417 3 роки тому +2

      @@downtoearth5443 I agree but not all Germans were complicit.

  • @tessaleroux7725
    @tessaleroux7725 4 роки тому +7

    Salute and Respect. Can imagine what he must have gone through and so glad he survived and been married for so long. A hero

  • @donbuff8527
    @donbuff8527 5 років тому +3

    The war was an atrocity I had uncles and a father who fought in world war II in Germany and in Japan that guy here in the interview seems like a very good guy I'm sure his family are good people

  • @americanpatriotism1776
    @americanpatriotism1776 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you for sharing this, I'm always fascinated to hear from the Germans and what they had to endure.

    • @bardo0007
      @bardo0007 Рік тому

      Now its more fascinating to hear from Russian pow, they had to endure so much....

  • @rong2596
    @rong2596 6 років тому +4

    Two of my Uncle's died on D-Day USA Army, Never got the change to know them,,RIP to ALL fighting solders,You all were brave men&women, then, now&future.

  • @Pmtd1234
    @Pmtd1234 5 років тому +42

    In an interview with one of the surviving members of the Band of Brothers, he commented that we all (Americans & Germans) were trained to kill each other; however, he said the same man he was trained to kill could have easily been a friend in a time of peace.

  • @aneesh8963
    @aneesh8963 3 роки тому +1

    Respect, he fought for his country like anyone of us would step up if the situation demanded

  • @michaelpieczynski9340
    @michaelpieczynski9340 3 роки тому +5

    I met a German soldier from ww2 in the 90s at a bed and breakfast in New Hampshire. I listened to his whole story all night long. He fought in France and gave up to the American army. He said he never saw war like that. The American planes and artillery were so accurate. I clearly remember I’m say the fire fights were not fair cause they had bolt action rifles and Americans had semi automatic garands. He knew the war was lost and did not want to die. He stayed in a basement with 8 other German soldiers and walked out once the American tanks rolled through the town. At first I was scared of him cause I thought he was a nazi but the die hard nazis were as soldiers and he had no choice but to fight. He only moved back to Germany for a year.