6살 독일 아이 한스의 실화

80대 중반인 한스 할아버지는 가끔 옛날 이야기를 해 주십니다. 중학생이 될 때까지 살았던 포츠담을 추억하실 때도 많으십니다. 전쟁 속에서 자랐던 이야기, 직장생활을 하면서 연애했던 이야기, 직장동료들과의 일화, 집 수리 이야기, 여행이야기 등등 추억을 들려주실 때도 많습니다. 한스 할아버지께서 오래 오래 건강하게 사시길 바랍니다.

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The basement door opened and two armed Russian soldiers came in. When the soldiers confirmed that there were no German soldiers in the basement, they tried to leave and found a flashlight on a shelf. He was going to take that flashlight and go out. Hans cried

And shouted. “That flashlight is mine.” Father quickly covered Hans’ mouth. Hi? I’m Ajumma. The father ran into the house and urgently told the mother and son in the living room to quickly go down to the basement. Mother and son

Were surprised by the sudden situation, but since the country was at war, they went to the basement. Father said as he walked into the basement. “Right now, Russian soldiers are searching every house, looking for hidden German soldiers. There are no soldiers in our house, but in case

Something happens, let’s wait quietly in the basement for the search to end.” They didn’t turn on the lights in the basement, but the sunlight came in through the small window, so it wasn’t completely dark. Mother, father, and their six-year-old son, Hans, were sitting in a corner of the basement

When they heard Russian soldiers entering Hans’ house . Mother and father hoped the Russian soldiers wouldn’t come down to the basement . But the soldiers who were wandering around the house were coming down the stairs leading to the basement. The basement door opened and two armed Russian soldiers came in. After confirming

That there were no German soldiers in the basement, the soldiers were about to leave when one of them found a flashlight on a shelf. And he tried to take that flashlight and go out with it. Mother and father were waiting for the soldier to quietly leave with the flashlight. But Hans

Cried and shouted. “That flashlight is mine, it’s mine.” Father quickly covered Hans’ mouth. Mother and father looked at the soldier in fear. Six-year-old Hans didn’t really know what a Russian soldiers are, but he was very sad to see his flashlight disappear. When the Russian soldier turned around,

Mother and father felt like they had stopped breathing. But the soldier looked at Hans and said to himself, “You’re a child!” Then he took the batteries out of Hans’ flashlight. And then he took the batteries out of his own flashlight and

Replaced them with Hans’s batteries. Then he gave Hans back his flashlight. Russian soldiers needed flashlights for search work, but the batteries were dead. After the soldiers left did Hans’ parents breathe a sigh of relief. Before I tell you the next story,

Let me tell you a little about the situation at that time. It was towards the end of World War II. The eastern part of Germany had already been occupied by the Soviet Union, and the western and southern parts were mostly occupied by the United States, Britain, and France, but only in some parts

The war was in its final stages. Do you remember the ‘Potsdam Conference’ that you learned about in world history class ? Hans’ family, who was German, lived in Potsdam. The neighborhood where Hans lived was within Soviet-controlled territory, but

Very close to the border of American-controlled territory. There was a shortage of all supplies in the Soviet-controlled areas, so people would go to American-controlled areas to buy goods. One day, father sent Hans on an errand for cigarettes. You know ‘cigars’, not regular cigarettes. Thick tobacco. During the war, all supplies

Were in short supply, including cigarettes. In particular, the value of cigars was very high. It occurred father that father would go to the American section and buy cigars, and on his return, if the cigars were inspected in Soviet-controlled areas, the cigars would be robbed for one reason or another.

So dad asked Hans to buy a cigar. Father thought that a child as young as six years old would not be inspected. Hans rode his bicycle across the border between the Soviet and American sectors and bought several cigars at a store.

And on the way back, Hans was stopped by a German police officer on duty at the U.S. border. When asked, “Did you buy something there?” Hansu answered, “Yes.” When the police asked to see what he had bought, six-year-old Hans took a cigar out of his bag and showed it to him.

“You shouldn’t carry it, like this.” said the policeman, and took the seat off Hans’ bike. Then he put the cigar inside the saddle rest. When looking at the structure of a bicycle, it is called a ‘seatpost’. If you remove the saddle, only a pipe-like tube

Is left. He put cigars inside them one by one. When Hans came home, his father thought he had lost all his cigarettes. “Dad, the cigarette is under the saddle,” said Hans, and told him everything that had happened. So father took off the saddle, held the bike upside down, and started shaking it.

Until all the cigars are gone. When Russian refueling vehicles toured various gas stations in defeated East Germany to refuel, Hans’ father, an official at the Ministry of Transportation, accompanied them. One day, Hans’ father received permission from the Russian military, so six-year-old

Hans was able to accompany him. Hans was so excited because at that time, unless you were from the very upper class, you had no chance to ride a car. Hans was so proud of his father and

He felt proud of that situation. After the war, before the wall was built between East and West Germany, many Germans moved from East Germany to West Germany. When Hans was in middle school, his family also moved from East Germany to St. And now Hans is an old gentleman in his mid-80s. Hans’

Expression was very bright as he talked about the first time he rode in a car. World War II ended in 1945. This book is a German textbook for elementary school students published in Germany in 1941. Let me show you. It’s common to learn the alphabet, words, and sentences with pictures . But

Let’s move on. It’s Hi X X. In the next chapter, you know this flag!? Look at the hands of the teacher and students. Do you know this greeting!? And the meaning of this word written below is “Congratulations on your victory.” Well… that ideology was also instilled in elementary school students.

It is 2024, and international wars, big and small, are continuing. How great would it be if these wars were all over by 2024!? That’s all of my story for today. The end