On The Road: A WWII Russian prisoner of war remembers the Americans who helped him survive

[hadrons]

Run time: 09:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGwZ0pakhHE   Posted on YouTube: January 15, 2011 By YouTube Member: RealAgentOfSHIELD Views on YouTube: 3   Posted on DU: January 16, 2011 By DU Member: hadrons Views on DU: 782

 
45 years after the war, a Russian WWII P.O.W thanks the American P.O.W.s wo risked their lives to help him survive Stalag 3b

[TACFIRE]

1. Great story!

Great story!

[nyc 4 Biden]

2. beautiful story.

more:
http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topic-forum/65732-some-history-should-not-forgotten.html

[NBachers]

3. Back in the '70's, I worked for a German guy who'd been a prisoner on the Russian Front

It got so cold in the prison camp that he lost all his hair. We were a construction crew, and he'd learned his skill the old way, apprenticing himself from the age of 14. He talked a lot about the war, and it was interesting to see things from his perspective.

He always made a point of hiring a lot of African American guys onto the crew- he said the only reason he was alive is because of the African American troops who'd sneak him food, clothes, and blankets.