[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Brad Haslett]

And another one-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy09UpI60F8

I just love sending out these videos to my friends who grew up during
the Cultural Revolution. They help me learn how to swear in Mandarin.

Brad



On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh my, another video just surfaced!  Brad
>
> http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=e4kUaG8z4z
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:50 AM, 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
>>
>