Ammerland in ole Tieden / Ammerland in old times (G)

[Hans1906]

Unser Ammerland – eine photographische Entdeckungs- und Erinnerungstour durch unsere Vergangenheit.
Our Ammerland - a photographic tour of discovery and remembrance through our past.

Our school friend, Herr Herbert Kropp from my home town of Bad Zwischenahn, has created a website about the Ammerland that is well worth seeing with the help of many people.

Historisches Ammerland: https://www.historisches-ammerland.de

Here just two of the many topics:

NS-Zeit: https://www.historisches-ammerland.de/ns-zeit/

Flugplatz „Adlerhorst“ Rostrup: https://www.historisches-ammerland.de/flugplatz/

Everything is researched very well, with hundreds of historical photos, real hard work by a dedicated team, highly recommended!
(If you want something translated, please contact me...)

Weekend greetings!


Hans
P.S. I would like to ask that the many previously unknown photos, if at all, only be posted with a reference to the above website, thank you very much.

[Hans1906]

The north German homeland was riddled with National Socialists of the early years, a long history, after 1945 there were only anti-fascists who hid their flags and badges from the English and Canadians.

My northern German homeland was a focus of the movement, on every farm, in every village, that was "normal" back then.

Anyone who wanted to make a career served the NSDAP, the party badge was the entrance.

Uniforms were the non plus ultra, a man without a uniform counted for nothing.
My grandfather was there, a staunch Nazi, completely convinced.


Hans

[Hans1906]

Ancient artefacts can be found everywhere, weapons and ammunition are not uncommon.

You're digging in your garden, and ammunition and hand grenades are everywhere.
The Assault Rifle 44 was a target as early as the 1970s, often these weapons lay very close by fallen soldiers.

We dug up all this, always looking, a German machine gun in a river was not a sensation at all.


Hans