[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Brad Haslett]

Andrew,

I probably shouldn't ask this question but I have to - did you attend
the University of Maryland in Munich?

Brad

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Andrew Collins
<sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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