I may have found a reliable U-Boot source - Page 2

_Seth_ · 11-05-06, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Deep-Six

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Originally Posted by Deep-Six

That is right. He lives just one house up from where i live. I will try to confirm that he was in the U-Bootwaffe.

Please be patient, as I get information from him.

BTW: If his name isnt Bernard, check for the name "Adolf"...

His first name begins w/ a "w" and lastname "k".

The reason I will not give his name is that I dont have permission to do so.

I understand, just a bit of fun...

If he is a submariner, he is one of the lucky guys. Wasnt there only 10000 german submariners who survived the WWII? And considering those not longer among us due to old age, i guess there are not many left...

Steeltrap · 11-05-06, 11:39 PM

Well if he turned 17 in 1944 he'd have been born in 1927, so that would make him 79 in 2006....not at all impossible.

Ducimus:
If the guy was really in the uboat service, or really a vet of WW2 in general, so long as his poltical tendencies aren't National Socialsm, id listen to what he's have to say.

I think you're missing the point - historians should record fact (which involves identifying it) without judging it. So what if he was NS - a great many people were party members as it was a popular thing, while being a member of the Communist party was required in USSR to get anywhere.

Ask about facts, about life on a u-boat etc... and you're not getting into territory where political beliefs are relevant. If they come up, side-step them. We have no right to judge a person who lived through those times, unless it can be demonstrated as a certainty that they committed crimes in a concentration camp.

If anyone talks with him and gets 'preachy' about NS, you can kiss any hope of insight goodbye.....

11-05-06, 11:39 PM	#2
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Well if he turned 17 in 1944 he'd have been born in 1927, so that would make him 79 in 2006....not at all impossible. Ducimus: If the guy was really in the uboat service, or really a vet of WW2 in general, so long as his poltical tendencies aren't National Socialsm, id listen to what he's have to say. I think you're missing the point - historians should record fact (which involves identifying it) without judging it. So what if he was NS - a great many people were party members as it was a popular thing, while being a member of the Communist party was required in USSR to get anywhere. Ask about facts, about life on a u-boat etc... and you're not getting into territory where political beliefs are relevant. If they come up, side-step them. We have no right to judge a person who lived through those times, unless it can be demonstrated as a certainty that they committed crimes in a concentration camp. If anyone talks with him and gets 'preachy' about NS, you can kiss any hope of insight goodbye.....