When I worked at the hospital, I met a real life Nazi soldier. He was older, but more than willing to discuss his experiences with me. I had a seat, and had a nice little chat since I'm a war buff.
He was telling me about how he was captured. He was in the battle of Stalingrad, and said he was up in this building with his fellow soldiers, when a wall of Russians came and basically killed everything in sight. He was shot five times, and promptly pulled up his shirt and showed me the scars.
He was soon taken to a camp where he said the Russians would take 10 of them every morning at random and execute them. Somehow, he was one of only about 300 who survived the camp.
I wish I remembered the camp he stayed at and more of the story, but it was a really interesting hour long conversation.
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