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When we had finished laughing, I said “Okay. I understand that sitting in a closet all day without moving would produce wild thoughts, but you didn’t have the same problems as Jakob. You are not a Jew. They weren’t going … Continue reading →

I turned to the door where the voice had come from. It was Tad. I had long ago come to accept Tad’s death as fact. His disappearance after the discovery of Tomahawk combined with the rumors Eduard Stein and others … Continue reading →

I did not sleep well that night. I am sure that part of it was the time difference between where I was and where I was supposed to be. Trying to fall asleep at a time when you should be … Continue reading →

{ Please note: This is a rewrite of part of previous chapter which were necessitated by new information} I had not seen Cousin Walter since shortly after the blow torch caper as he had been, like so many other Jewish … Continue reading →

I knew, generally speaking where Mitisgasse was…. between Penzing and Neu-Penzing…but I wasn’t exactly sure so we consulted a map that Cookie had somehow manage to liberate. Turned out that it was not far, about 5 km but between missteps, … Continue reading →

Then came V E day, May 8 1945. A day that I would remember less for the celebrations, I never seen so many people so happy, but for the orders to report to Captain Pike’s, the Assistant Adjutant General, office. … Continue reading →

On the 18th of January 1945, at Ft. Wolters, TX I raised my right hand and along with 35 other soldiers, following the US District Court Judges instructions recited: “I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce … Continue reading →

Granville asked the waiter to bring us more coffee. Then said , “I have two questions, no three questions, to ask you about that. First, why did you want to delay your entry into the army just to finish your … Continue reading →

Granville asked the waiter to bring us more coffee. Then said “I have two questions, no three questions, to ask you about that. First, why did you want to delay your entry into the army just to finish your sophomore … Continue reading →

Like most people, I followed the war news very carefully. Unlike, most I used reading the newspapers, especially early on,  as English lessons. It made learning easier when you had a personal interest in the subject being discussed. A guy … Continue reading →