alycatz wrote:ilovehistory wrote:Hitler went to a "Realschule" where he learned a bit french but he was very bad.
And yes, I speak a bit french, maybe more then Hitler
What is a realschule?
So your an average German that speaks three languages... That kind of answers my last question. Average German soldiers may of spoke more than german.. Quite possible french but english too.[
Realschule = secondary school or junior high school (for middle class pupil)
But the majority of germans had an education level below this, they went to a "Volksschule", which translates as basic secondary school were no foreign languages were taught. On the other hand upper class pupil went to "Gymnasium" (grammar school or high school) and there Latin was the first foreign language.
So the average german soldier just spoke german and had a very limited knowledge or foreign languages, just enough to say "Good mornning". Even among the officers there were few who spoke english or french fluently.
regards
Helmut