Category: Hertha
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1943-11-23
Bill is not at Camp Roberts, rather he is in the hospital with bronchitis, however he is enjoying his stay. He then describes the hospital and food. He then goes on to briefly describe the location and the camp. He then lists out the clothing (uniform) he received. He goes on to describe “KP”.
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Berchtesgaden
April 24, 1945. On April 24th it was reported that Berchtesgaden had experienced an air raid in the middle of the day. We were horrified. This beautiful little town in the Upper Bavarian mountains, which held so many memories for us, had been destroyed by bombs. Now our uncle had nothing left either, we were…
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Acts of Kindness
April 20, 1945. We had heard of Russian foreign workers who worked in the munitions factories around Sonneberg. These girls worked all night long and were strictly forbidden to leave the factory premises during the day. They were only allowed to stay in their bar corners. But somehow some of them always managed to sneak…
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Arrival of the Americans
But a week before the war was over for Sonneberg, there was only one topic: would our city fathers be so sensible as to ignore the orders of the more stubborn and surrender the area without a fight? We had heard of so much senseless defense in the last few weeks, the oldest men had…
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Bones, Rags, Iron and Paper
March 7, 1945. My main activity in the Hitler Youth during the first two years was collecting all kinds of things. First of all, there was the Winter Relief Fund. I enthusiastically went out into the streets with my box full of boats, flowers, animals, little fairy tale books and whatever else there was to…