[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Benjamin Cittadino]

Brad;

Thanks for the Amazon link.  The book "Last Days..." WAS a follow-up to
Patton: Ordeal and Triumph. I can't believe he didn't cover it all in the
first book, but I guess he had more to say.
 Ben C.

Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> Ben,
> 
> Don't know the answer to your question but here ya go-
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Patton-Ladislas-Farago/dp/0425088456
> 
> Your suggestion sounds interesting and I'll put it in the que. I tend
> to read in binges and I haven't touched WW2 for several years. Maybe
> it is time for a revisit. I'm kind of stuck in the 70's right now with
> Nixon, Ford, and Carter.  At least I'm not wearing the same clothes as
> I did back then.  How embarrassing those old photos are! My first
> flying job out of HS was for a company whose airplane I used to work
> on.  The CEO gave me five bucks one time to get a haircut.  I can't
> tell you where the money went on a family board.  I did get a haircut
> when I showed-up on his payroll.
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Brad;
>>
>> Not to the point, but Farago's book "Patton-Ordeal and Triumph" is my
>> favorite biography.  I have two first editions of that book.  I don't
>> remember the title you mention; was it a follow-up, was it published
>> under a
>> different title, or did Farago write two separate Patton books?
>>
>> Ben C
>>
>> Brad Haslett-2 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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