(Part 18) . Watch our video “We Say Good Bye To America Where We Experienced Deepest Sorrow And Highest Joy” and Immerse yourself in the gripping memoirs of an enlisted man in Germany’s army who served on both Eastern and Western fronts, facing the harsh realities of war. Captured in 1944, his journey takes an unexpected turn as he finds himself in American hands, spending 14 months in POW camps across the United States.
Experience the highs and lows of life as a prisoner of war during ww2, from the challenges of a French POW camp to the comparatively comfortable but psychologically taxing sojourn in the United States. Join us as we uncover the emotional turmoil of coping with homesickness, accepting defeat, and confronting the shocking revelations about the lies and brutality of the Third Reich. This video series explores the resilience of the human spirit, offering poignant insights into maintaining dignity, pride, and hope in the face of adversity.
Link of the playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGjbe3ikd0XEB0tw8c5PNFvQWdL0-eYAy
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Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 18 ( Last Part ) of diary of an enlisted man in Germany's army, who served on both the Eastern and Western fronts and was wounded four times before being captured in 1944. After a highly unpleasant stay in a French POW camp, he was turned over to American authorities and sent to the U.S., where he spent a comparatively comfortable 14 months in several POW camps. Repatriated in 1948, He worked as a dental technician until his death.
This is link of the playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGjbe3ikd0XEB0tw8c5PNFvQWdL0-eYAy
Link of part 1 https://youtu.be/r0biN5f4_N4
Link of part 2 https://youtu.be/Zt1NBHVPNrU
Link of part 3 https://youtu.be/Cp0Mzh9Q5wE
Link of part 4 https://youtu.be/X_lBu9c-wOg
Link of part 5 https://youtu.be/EPCJLhYQNf0
Link of part 6 https://youtu.be/TDqEeT1BZLQ
Link of part 7 https://youtu.be/BxZCDasoXwU
Link of part 8 https://youtu.be/dl72ezOQiYo
Link of part 9 https://youtu.be/tlCY2Ev1mjY
Link of part 10 https://youtu.be/n7sWURlHS78
Link of part 11 https://youtu.be/RlRQCeVAJUg
Link of part 12 https://youtu.be/ch5LrfRc-qc
Link of part 13 https://youtu.be/GLXM6IiuuLw
Link of part 14 https://youtu.be/PwCtPPri6Eg
Link of part 15 https://youtu.be/1Tj9sTO0XDQ
Link of part 16 https://youtu.be/bsnbwDFLreA
Link of part 17 https://youtu.be/n1K33LydcXo
Thanks. Listening now, should be the finale.
I listen to every part of this diary . It is gripping .
What a deeply satisfying ending. His reunion with his family was heartwarming
Love listening to ur stories
This seems to be a different version of another audio by WW2 tales I heard earlier.
And went on.
What a shame he was not able to reunite with his POW buddies.. wonder what happened to them.. were they all able to go home?
This hits home in a lot of ways. I was a soldier too, and this whole series is a walk through a soldier's life on the line.
I served in Germany (as a US soldier) long after the war. I've had the honor to talk to men who served in both armies during that time (including my father). The stories from WWII never cease to amaze me. This person did his job, did it well, and had the balls to take that drive into a successful civilian career later. Most don't know how hard that is for a front line soldier to do. Massive props for this series!
Thank you for the story, it's informative and important to know both sides of the story 👍
Coffee and decorated cakes for their last dessert. Some of the German POWs must have said, "Look at all this! Are the Americans just f**king with us? Do they really have this kind of luxury?"
These stories are recycled from several months ago, but with a new title.
Another outstanding presentation. Thank you.
An existentialist story that ends in an emotional void. Since he collected and edited his diaries to make this story he had time and experience to be reflective. I have no problem with his loyalty to Germany while a soldier and initially as a prisoner. It's natural to be loyal to ones country and to be suspicious of your enemy as a prisoner.
What bothered me is his lack of appreciation of how humanly he was treated by the Americans and to a lesser extent the English. I know the French did not treat German prisoners humanly even if not as bad as what the Russians did. The Russians, however, suffered vastly more than the French both in the treatment of their prisoners and destruction and death in the Soviet Union.
Considering how USA POWs were treated by the Germans he should have had better appreciation of his treatment. It is almost as if he is a whiner despite getting the lucky draw of being sent to the USA to serve most of his POW time.
It is also disappointing he didn't manage to find more of those he was so close with as a POW. He ended up economically comfortable in his business and if you write a saga like this I would expect greater effort to find those who meant so much to him as a prisoner and re connection also to those in USA who treated him so kindly. At least a thank you card to the Peach farmer is due if not a visit in person to say thanks.
In summary, very interesting saga of POW experience by a self centered person who fails to appreciate his luck of the draw.
A remarkable document, that stands pare, with Das Boot as two of the most important accounts to come out of the second world war
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography picture of the American( P.O.W. ) camp. Edible food/clean uniforms/livable accommodations.1000 fold better than a Russian style gulag camp.
There are people who seem upset that he wasn't "appreciative" of the treatment he received as a POW of the United States and Britain. From what I took away from his story, he was as appreciative as one might reasonably expect any prisoner of war to be. A prison is still a prison no matter how well appointed it be. One's captors are still one's captors regardless of how kind and generous they may be. I have no doubt that he considered himself fortunate to have been a prisoner of the Americans and British as opposed to having suffered in the captivity of the French, or heavens forfend, that of the especially vengeful Soviets. He was a German who served his homeland for a government that led it to well deserved destruction and nearly half a century of partition. Even for those German soldiers who did not engage in war crimes, they bore the stigma of those who did.
OMG, 90% of these videos are about Germans thinking about food!!! Another narrator would be welcomed, please!!!
Glad of the happy ending. But why did the French keep their POW's so long; revenge? Degaulle was one tough nut. IMO
If They win the war, IM wonder what will be the story of POW,
What a crime this wasnt done by a German since its THEIR story!
Whats next a Michigan – Ohio football game narrated by a Japanese?
Talk about not knowing yr market!!
I don't think people know of the 45 German-American interment camps for families and individuals deemed "sympathetic" to Germany.
It wasn't just Japanese.