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An article by an American soldier who was present at German POW camps, describes the inhuman conditions that the prisoners were put through.
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Once more is this proof that inhumanity has no race or culture.Krauts, Ivans and Yanks are all capable of being monsters.Other hand, all of them did heroic, descent and good things too.
" When i'm good, i'm better than most, But when i'm bad... Pray.( unknown soldier)
Soon it will be too late to hear many of the stories from ww11.We hear very little from the german side. Many have passed away now or are too old to tell their story.This article is a rare find.Many of the details sound familiar to me from what my father has told me. He was a prisoner too near the end of the war. He was also out in the open field ,no cover,cold,rain poorly dressed.Mud was up to almost the knees.He was 18. Totally exausted he gave up hope and laid down to die one night but the older soldiers lifted him up to keep him on his feet.Many drowned in the mud .Had to keep on your feet all night. Extreme filth. Many eating grass if they could find some.After several days they brought in some brown water from the danube.Prisoners stormed the truck.The dead were loaded up each morning.
Terrible....
thegrendel about 1 month ago
Not mentioned is that Walther Model, Hitler's favorite general and commander of the army taken prisoner in the Ruhr pocket, had committed suicide and abandoned his men to their fate. Note also that the Reichswehr was was a willing accessory to the SS murder squads and had very dirty hands.