People Of America Are Praised As The Most Humane Under The Sun 

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Part 17 ( Second Last Part ) of diary of an enlisted man in Germany's army, who served on both the Eastern and Western fronts and was wounded four times before being captured in 1944. After a highly unpleasant stay in a French POW camp, he was turned over to American authorities and sent to the U.S., where he spent a comparatively comfortable 14 months in several POW camps. Repatriated in 1948, He worked as a dental technician until his death. This is link of the playlist ru-vid.com/group/PLGjbe3ikd0XEB0tw8c5PNFvQWdL0-eYAy Link of part 1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r0biN5f4_N4.html Link of part 2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zt1NBHVPNrU.html Link of part 3 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Cp0Mzh9Q5wE.html Link of part 4 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X_lBu9c-wOg.html Link of part 5 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EPCJLhYQNf0.html Link of part 6 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TDqEeT1BZLQ.html Link of part 7 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BxZCDasoXwU.html Link of part 8 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dl72ezOQiYo.html Link of part 9 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tlCY2Ev1mjY.html Link of part 10 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n7sWURlHS78.html Link of part 11 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RlRQCeVAJUg.html Link of part 12 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ch5LrfRc-qc.html Link of part 13 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GLXM6IiuuLw.html Link of part 14 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PwCtPPri6Eg.html Link of part 15 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1Tj9sTO0XDQ.html Link of part 16 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bsnbwDFLreA.html

My dad was a camp guard for German POW's. He said they were very industrious; they were always making things. Some made all wood coo-coo clocks that they sold to camp personnel or the locals they work for.

My uncle received $40 per month (combat pay) while in France after D-Day. He was charged $10 per month out of that for a $10,000 life insurance policy- this he netted $30 per month. These guys got $20 a month as prisoners of war in stateside camps and COMPLAINED about it. Geez.

Apparently no one ever informed the soldiers the condition Germany was in by 1945. They didn't know it, but they were actually living better as captured POWs in America than they would be as free men in Germany. At least in America they had food, roofs over their heads, electricity, and running water- things Germany wouldn't reclaim until the 1950s. The Allies's relentless aerial bombings of German cities; plus Stalin's orders to the Red Army to destroy the infrastructure in Germany to prevent them from rebuilding before the Soviet Union could rendered Germany little more than a vast swath of land in central Europe, hundreds of square miles large, a giant pile of smoldering rubble

A fascinating account, though I had to chuckle when he talked about the "electric floor polishing machine." I also learned about floor buffers while in the military, and discovered how difficult they are to operate! And they _do_ hop, if you apply too much pressure in either direction. 🙂

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He survives, is treated compassionately, is fed well, and is assigned easy work, yet he still whines about his fate. Spare me

And people are afraid that AI are going to take over. They can’t even read at an elementary school level.

While I understand their desire to get back to Germany as soon as possible, but what were they going back to? The cities and infrastructure were in ruins, the crops had not been planted in the spring for harvest in the fall, and people were starving as the US struggled to get food to not only to Germany but to the countries devastated or affected by the war. Even Great Britain didn't end rationing until mid-1954. There return would put an even greater strain on food.

"Stuffed like garbage cans the day after Christmas!" These guys got something of a tour of the United States, although all they really needed was a tour of their food for dinner. That told them all they really needed to know about the United States. Still, it would have been interesting to know their reaction to a tour of an American factory turning out Sherman tanks, B29 bombers or whatever.

I wonder if a sort of credit score system was used to repatriate POWs? When my dad was stationed overseas during WW2, they had a credit system. Rank did not affect your standing on when you got a place on a transport bound for America. The more credits you had (the longer you were out of country) the sooner you got a place on a transport. My dad was lucky. He would have had to wait months to get transport but a friend and fellow officer offered him a spot on a small US Army transport boat (yes, the army had lots of small boats) that was used to move cargo around the Marianas Island chain that was headed back to San Francisco since the war was over. He had to stand watch during the crossing. The boat was small! It was great for getting around in shallow water I imagine but crossing the Pacific in that little tub was another matter. It was damaged in a storm while they were crossing and they had to put in at Hawaii for repairs.

These stories seem to be reruns with new titles. I've heard this one before several months ago.

I enjoy it when we get in Starbucks, lines or McDonald’s and Burger King lines and somebody always start this pay it forward. So I don’t know how many people do this but by the time I got up to pay for whoever’s food and drinks for behind me I popped out about $25 and I ask the cashier. How long is it been going on and she said at least 10 vehicle.

I wonder if this is the story where he ends up in the UK for 2 years.

Ai Mark Felton voice??