[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Brad Haslett]

Andrew,

"But this is ancient history."

Not ancient enough for some of us.  One of my lovely brides attended
UM-Munich and met her second husband (after me) there but we REALLY
don't want to go there. I was a guest of the US Army Colonel who was
then the Commandant of the Flint Kaserne at Octoberfest circa 1987.
One of the topics of discussion that evening was the Munich UM school
and its, er, issues. My ex mother-in-law lived in Bad Tolz until about
ten years ago and now lives in Florida. When we started our European
operations in Paris it was crewed with NYC based 727 pilots (my base
and airplane at the time) and I used to fly the Frankfort and Cologne
to Paris trips.  I'd commute to Munich a few days early and go hiking
in the Alps with my ex-inlaws and then reposition.  I haven't been to
that part of the world since 1998 when I flew to Basel, Switzerland to
haul three adult hippos and one baby to Disney World. I really miss
Bavaria and had some wonderful times there - best as I can remember,
there was lots of beer involved.

Brad

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Andrew Collins
<sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brad
>
> I did not, but my sister did. My schooling was at the Steinerschule in
> Schwabing and then a year at the Munich International School in anticipation
> of moving to the States. We got here in 1970 when I was 14. The UM extension
> question is no biggie, it was a wild and crazy time and the student body was
> a real mix. For a 12-13 year-old with an 18 year old sister it was real
> interesting, but less so for my parents. They really did not know how to
> balance the nice staid  German culture (school, friends, relaitves) we were
> all living in with the free-ranging style of the UM extension.  But this is
> ancient history. So, how do you know about the UM in Munich?
>
> tschüss
>
> Andrew
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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