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Franzky, Gerhard Hitler Youth
In 1936, many of Gerhard Franzky's friends joined the Hitler Youth. For them it was like the scouts [Annotator's Note:...
Windisch, Lutz Hitler Youth
Lutz Windisch was born in 1925 in Königssee in Berchtesgaden [Annotator's Note: Königssee, Berchtesgaden, Germany],...
König, Karl Hitler Youth to German Tanks
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] went from Annaburg Annotator's Note: Annaburg, Germany] to...
Franzky, Gerhard Hitler's Germany Before the War
At the time, Gerhard Franzky thought Hitler was a great man. Franzky's father got another job and was later able to...
Monteyne, Joseph Intelligence Work and Postwar Life
Joseph Monteyne worked briefly in intelligence [Annotator's Note: after finishing his missions as a navigator in the...
Cohn, Marthe Joining the French Army
Marthe Cohn was able to make a living until she joined the Army [Annotator's Note: First French Army in November 1944...
Pbert, Herman Joining the Italian Resistance
By 17, Herman Pbert was a construction engineer [Annotator's Note: in Piedicavallo, Italy]. In the meantime, the war...
Sadler, Richard Joining the Royal Marines
In May 1943, Burt Richard Sadler would turn 18 years old. He did not want to join the Army because he saw so many drunk...
Schrader, Ernst Last Days of Combat
At the end of the war, Ernst Schrader fought in the streets against the Czechs in the Sudetenland. The Czechs rebelled...
Franzky, Gerhard Leave in Leipzig
[Annotator's Note: Gerhard Franzky served in the Waffen SS as a communications officer in Headquarters, 22nd Regiment,...
Cohn, Marthe Leaving Vietnam
Marthe Cohn was the chief of a hospital at the DMZ [Annotator's Note: the Demilitarized Zone, Vietnam; then French...
Franzky, Gerhard Leipzig
Gerhard Franzky remembers Leipzig before the war as being a very historical city with very old opera houses and...
Joyce, Josefine Life with John Joyce
Josefine “Piepsi” Joyce lived with him [Annotator’s Note: she is referring to her husband, John Joyce, whom she met in...
Schrader, Ernst Luftwaffe Service on the Eastern Front
Ernst Schrader had signed up for the air force at age 19. He was allowed to select the air force as his branch of...
Monteyne, Joseph Navigator Training
Joseph Monteyne knew all about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Franzky, Gerhard Nijmegen
The attack on the barn took place between Arras and Amiens. When Gerhard Franzky was caught the second time he was sent...
Franzky, Gerhard Normandy
After leaving Leipzig, Gerhard Franzky was caught at the border crossing at Premysl and sent to Berlin. In Berlin he...
Windisch, Lutz Normandy
During training in Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau, Germany], Lutz Windisch trained mostly on machine guns such as the...
Gerhard, Winnecken Normandy
Winnecken Gerhard was sent to Normandy around 15 May 1944, only a few weeks prior to the D-Day invasion [Annotator's...
Franzky, Gerhard Operation Market Garden and Captured Again
A few days later, Gerhard Franzky was caught by surprise as the allies launched Operation Market Garden. On 17...
Windisch, Lutz Postwar
Lutz Windisch and his fellow prisoners [Annotator's Note: he was taken prisoner by Russian forces near Breslau, Poland...
Pbert, Herman Postwar and Closing Thoughts
Herman Pbert did not talk much about his World War 2 experience with anyone until about ten years ago [Annotator's Note...
Joyce, Josefine Postwar Germany
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was taken to the location where she was arrested by Charlie Kinesley [Annotator's Note:...
Franzky, Gerhard Postwar Life in the UK and US
Gerhard Franzky's home in Leipzig was occupied by the Russians. Having already been to Russia once before, Franzky had...
Sadler, Richard Preparing for Operation Overlord
In January 1944, Burt Richard Sadler started training in northern England. They did training in night time amphibious...
Sadler, Richard Prewar
Burt Richard Sadler was born in the suburbs of London in Hounslow, Middlesex [Annotator's Note: England]. His...
Gibb, Owen Prewar Life
Owen Gibb was born in Canada in 1925. His parents were farmers. He was raised on a farm in Alberta [Annotator’s Note:...
Cohn, Marthe Prewar Life and Fleeing Metz
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells Marthe Cohn that she is going to switch to asking the American Spirit Award...
König, Karl Prewar Life and Hitler Youth
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] was born in January 1924 in Annaburg [Annotator's Note:...
Pbert, Herman Prewar Life in Italy
Herman Pbert was born in July 1926 in Piedicavallo, Italy near the Swiss border. His father had a construction business...
Monteyne, Joseph Prewar Life to Enlistment
Joseph Monteyne was a navigator with the RCAF [Annotator's Note: Royal Canadian Air Force] 425 Squadron, also known as...
Pbert, Herman Prisoner
Herman Pbert was sent to Casalmette di San Paolo concentration camp [Annotator's Note: unable to identify] at an...
Franzky, Gerhard Prisoner of War
[Annotator's Note: Gerhard Franzky served in the Waffen SS as a communications officer in Headquarters, 22nd Regiment,...
Gerhard, Winnecken Prisoner of War in the United States
Winnecken Gerhard was captured by the Americans. He still had a rifle grenade in his pocket after being searched. He...
König, Karl Prisoner to America
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] said to himself the Americans had no manners or did not...
Monteyne, Joseph PTSD and Closing Thoughts
Joseph Monteyne goes to schools with about 15 others to talk about the war. The kids are super attentive. His own...

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