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Originally Posted by Jayems
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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My Great Uncle on my Dads side served as a Nazi soldier, my Grandpa on my Moms side stormed the beaches of Normandy. And my step Grandpa I guess fought for the RAF. I've heard a lot of good stories over the years
And no they never faced each other at the same battles, but the horror stories my Great Uncle has passed down about the Eastern Front would scar you for life. I expect this fellow held back a few to try and save you your skin.
The Nazi's were far from innocent, they raped and pillaged their way through the Slovak nations. The Soviets definately returned the favour though, as bad as that sounds it is true.