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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Wotan on May 14, 2005, 12:25:17 PM
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Cross posted from the AHF forums:
Wehrmacht Soldier Entombed in Bunker for 6 years (http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=17437&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0) as the Germans retreated from Poland they dynamited the entrance to the bunker trapping several men inside. Only 1 survived.
However, he died of scurvy after being rescued. The thread linked above says the story was originally published in 1951 in the NY Times.
I am not sure I believe it but there are several similar stories linked with in that thread.
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Amazing.
And I had never read such detailed accounts of the Jap hold outs either.
Never knew that one of them had killed 30 people.
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Cool links in the link, thanks!
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This is one of my favourties. Amazing read.
"As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me"
Originally published in 1955, As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me has seen international success ever since. It has been translated into fifteen languages, sold more than 12 million copies, and is the basis for an award-winning German entry at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Recounting an incredible real-life adventure, it tracks the destiny of German soldier Clemens Forrell who, in the aftermath of WWII, was sentenced to twenty-five years of forced labor in a lead mine in the barren eastern reaches of Siberia. Subjected to the brutality of the camp and the climate, Forrell dreamed continuously of escape—and then daringly effected it. From East Cape across the vast trackless wastes of Siberia, for thousands of miles and three years, with fear as his most intimate companion, Forrell fled treachery and endured some of the most inhospitable conditions on earth. In a long series of taped interviews with esteemed German author Josef M. Bauer, Forrell unfolded his remarkable story of survival. Bauer not only reconstructs Forrell’s arduous journey to the Iranian frontier and freedom; he also poignantly evokes the emotional content of Forrell’s brave quest—emerging as an affecting portrait of a man who strove and triumphed against all odds.
...-Gixer
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wermacht 0wns j00!
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Originally posted by Gixer
This is one of my favourties. Amazing read.
"As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me"
Originally published in 1955, As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me has seen international success ever since. It has been translated into fifteen languages, sold more than 12 million copies, and is the basis for an award-winning German entry at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.ds.
...-Gixer
Havent read the book, but saw the movie here. Very good,and the russian eskimo chick in it, yumyum.
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that axis history forum looks pretty interesting....
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Its a good forum with many well informed posters. There's a few ex-Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS who post there as well.
MCF is good as well
May 1945 (http://www.militariacollecting.com/index.php?showtopic=14427)
So is Feldgrau (http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/index.php)
like all forums they attract their fair share of 'kooks' as well...
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it's amazing how so many people are fascinated by Germany when it was in WW2, by even the most minute mundane things
On that axis history forum, I followed as thread about people who wanted to get an authentic haircut of the era, or wanted to know what kind of hair gel German soldiers were using .
I don't think all of them were reenactors.
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So? As a history buff I can relate to them, even though Germany isn't a major point of interest to me.
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You get the same type with History buffs of different era's. WW 1, US Civil War etc...
So of those guys are re-enactors, authors, researchers etc... Some just want to 'know'.
Some are just 'kooks' like I said...
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don't get me wrong, I myself am fascinated by WW2 and particularly the Luftwaffe and I would really love to have a reproduction flight suit for my next halloween party, but I wouldn't actually shell out the money to buy one or spend the time handcrafting it.