29 APRIL 1945, The day hitler died

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29 APRIL 1945, The day hitler died

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Post by pdhinkle36ID » 29 Apr 2002, 23:37

In a bunker in Berlin Germany, Hitler could not see a reason to go on living. He had lost his war, no one wanted to die with him. Ave Braun Hitler was his only volunteer.
When the word got out the Hitler was dead, all Germans wanted to stop the fighting. Except for a few werwolfs.

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ummm ... I think your wrong ...

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Post by Schmauser » 29 Apr 2002, 23:52

Hitler died at 3:00pm on 30th April 1945. :?

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Re: 29 APRIL 1945, The day hitler died

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Post by AndyW » 30 Apr 2002, 00:00

pdhinkle36ID wrote:He had lost his war, no one wanted to die with him. Ave Braun Hitler was his only volunteer.
My memories are with Goebbels' six murdered childs and poor Blondie. :wink:

A good day for Germany, though a couple of years too late. :cry:

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Re: 29 APRIL 1945, The day hitler died

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Post by Logan Hartke » 30 Apr 2002, 00:12

AndyW wrote:
pdhinkle36ID wrote:He had lost his war, no one wanted to die with him. Ave Braun Hitler was his only volunteer.
My memories are with Goebbels' six murdered childs and poor Blondie. :wink:

A good day for Germany, though a couple of years too late. :cry:
I second that; victims of a deranged madman.

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Post by Ovidius » 30 Apr 2002, 00:40

Unlike the first message, the others until now were just conventional display of Political Correctness.

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Post by AndyW » 30 Apr 2002, 00:52

Ovidius wrote:Unlike the first message, the others until now were just conventional display of Political Correctness.
Nope.

Just common sense, mixed with patriotism and a tad dislike for genocide, mass murders and criminals.

But this is of course just my approach on Hitler and his bunch. Others may love, worship and admire him, fine for them as long as they are not living in my country.

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Hitler,s death

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Post by pdhinkle36ID » 30 Apr 2002, 23:13

I stand corrected!!

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Post by Scanderbeg » 01 May 2002, 03:02

AndyW wrote:
Ovidius wrote:Unlike the first message, the others until now were just conventional display of Political Correctness.
Nope.

Just common sense, mixed with patriotism and a tad dislike for genocide, mass murders and criminals.

But this is of course just my approach on Hitler and his bunch. Others may love, worship and admire him, fine for them as long as they are not living in my country.
Hmm.. quite a patriot, sir. As long as the ball is on the other side, to hell with all of it... but what would YOU do if those people WERE in you country? Now, please don't give me that I-would-kill/burn/-blah-blah-BS... be realistic.

Excuse my "enthusiazm".


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the day

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Post by HaEn » 01 May 2002, 05:05

The day after, his death we were told that from now on we were considered "just plain old wehrmacht", and since there already was a waffenruhe going the burghers of the areas must have been having a ball, seeing a bunch of grubby frontline soldiers playing paradeground on the nearest piece of pavement to learn the "new" way of saluting. The Olympic salute was out the regular hand salute was IN. In passing we also were sworn to "treue" to our new C.i.Chief Gr. Adm Döntitz. It also was the first time I heard my panzerjagd kommando C.O. speak Dutch. From there on it all was downhill. Oh well. Just a memory. Gr. HN. :(

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Post by Kim » 01 May 2002, 07:36

HaEn said "Oh, well,just a memory"
Yes, sir,but a memory that you have now passed on to us. Thank you.
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8 may 1945. Surrender of Germany

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Post by pdhinkle36ID » 01 May 2002, 12:45

I am presently reading a book on the end of the war in Germany. Many Germans ans GIs are quoted in the book. Some give a statement many years later. No one asked me but:
On the 6th of may 1945 I was working as a medical escort in the Hospitals in Weimar. The clinic I was assigned to was a former Lutheran nurses training home. About 30 patients, 2 doctors, and 7 nurses. I was one of 2 GIs lived in the clinic with them. The Nurses were the first to tell us the Radio says the German Army is surrendering. 2 days later the Official signing took place. About that time there was a report of a ME-262 landing at Weimar and the pilot wanted to surrender. He was home!!
While going with a patient to the main city Hospital for lab work I had another patient offer me the iginion keys for his Recon car. It was a Mann 4x4 type. I told him no thanks, I could not get the fuel for it.
In June when we were leaving the area 2 GIs had 2 motorcycle type mopeds they loaded on the C-47 but the MPs took them in Paris.
Pumpkin:: To answer your comment, there were 12 school buildings used as hospitals. Captured intact. The US 1st Army medics put POW Gen. Walter Scherf in charge of all Germans. There were several thousand patient soldiers in all these buildings. My building contained the EENT clinic with A Dr. Hoffmann in charge. Because all the Germans were classed as unarmed (not POWs) they needed us as escorts. This was to stop US MPs from putting them in POW camps. More on a following post.
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Post by subskipper » 01 May 2002, 13:18

pdhinkle,

Thanks for sharing that! I for one would be very interested in hearing more of your experiences. Feel free to post more of them if you have the time and energy to do so.


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hello PD

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Post by rkoy » 01 May 2002, 14:58

yes pd please post all you can what was it like fighting the germans, and did they continue all the way to may 6 or what was it like? we hear so much about how good they were, so i figured you ought to know! thanks rodney

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Post by Pumpkin » 01 May 2002, 19:08

Just an inconsequential detail:
About 30 patients, 2 doctors, and 7 nurses
That sounds like really high resources healthcare! I'd expect 300 or 3000 patients on 2 doctors... Was it for severly injured? Or due to poor administration?

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Post by LAH » 01 May 2002, 20:10

Just to say besides goebels and his wife there were others in the bunker who wanted to commit suicide but were orderd to leave.
As for some of the PC replies, even at the end of the war there was a very large portion of the german population who even at the end believed in Hitler and believed that he would deliver victory to them.

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