[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Andrew Collins]

Brad

You made my day.  Use that dieresis ( two dots above a vowel)!  I grew up in
Munich and know the region well.

Prost!

Andrew



On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> Grüß Gott
>
> I haven't figured out that "omelet" thingy yet.
>
> Brad
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Andrew Collins
> <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Brad
> >
> > It is *Bad Tölz!*
> > Andrew
> > sv Carmen
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> You've heard the story here before.  The book "Last Days of Patton" by
> >> Ladislas Farago mentions a Hans Weindl in the acknowledgments and
> >> tells the story of Hans in the first chapter remembering Patton
> >> driving through Bad Tolz with the claxon horns blaring.  Bad Tolz was
> >> the site of the SS training camp and was headquarters for Patton after
> >> WW2 until his death.  Hans (now deceased) was the step-father of my
> >> ex-wife and we vacationed every year in Bad Tolz. Hans and I got into
> >> a lot of trouble together combining long nights, German beer, and war
> >> stories.  His father was Chief of Police of Bad Tolz and when Hans
> >> came home from a Hitler Youth meeting in the closing days of the war
> >> with an antiquated rifle, his father took away his gun and locked him
> >> in the attic until the American tanks rolled into town.  Where was I
> >> going with this?  Oh yeah, it is official now.  This thing has morphed
> >> into a freaking cult.
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9b0xr06qA
> >>
> >> Brad
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