[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Andrew Collins]

Chris

The short version is that my father was billeted on the top floor of my
mother's house in Riedenburg (near Nuernberg) right after WWII. One thing
led to another and my father, who is Texan but doesn't like it there, ended
up working for Radio Free Europe in Munich. It was a great place to grow up.

Over the years I have met many ex-Gastarbeiter from all over, Italy, Turkey,
Greece.
We all ended up here in 1970, ostensibly coming home, but for myself and my
brother and sister it was moving to a new country, we spoke the language and
knew something of life here but man was it different!

Andrew

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net>wrote:

> So Andrew, how did you end up in Munich.  I was a gast arbeiter and went to
> school there, met my wife there.  Drank too much bier and am told I didn't
> do so well at school...but I don't remember.
>
> Chris
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Collins" <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth
>
>
> 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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