The Secret History of the Nazi Mascot

[Posteritatis]

I just came across this article from the BBC, thought it was interesting:

Alex Kurzem came to Australia in 1949 carrying just a small brown briefcase, but weighed down by some harrowing psychological and emotional baggage.

Tucked away in his briefcase were the secrets of his past - fragments of his life that he kept hidden for decades.

In 1997, after raising a family in Melbourne with his Australian bride, he finally revealed himself. He told how, at the age of five, he had been adopted by the SS and became a Nazi mascot.

His personal history, one of the most remarkable stories to emerge from World War II, was published recently in a book entitled The Mascot.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6945847.stm


I can't imagine having that parked in the back of my head my whole life. Gah.

[GirlinContempt]

1. I always thought Nutsy the Swastika

was the mascot. Learn something new every day.


That is a crazy story though. I can't even imagine.

[Sequoia]

2. Amazing.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. It is astonishing what people can live with when they have

no other choice.