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WW2

Alte Kriegslieder --By on December 4th, 2010

Songs from the 2 World Wars.
Kriegslieder aus die zwei Weltkriegen.
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Deutsche Musik (Sampler)
Deutsche Musik mit Humor

Zur erinnerung an unseren [...]

An Elbing Remembrance- Fred Rump --By on June 14th, 2010

We’ve had some interesting discussions [...] lately but I feel that for most of us Elbing and it’s [...]

Bericht über die End-Kämpfe um Elbing --By on October 21st, 2009

Alfred Neubert, Hannoversch Münden, Burgstraße 15/16, den 18. August 1946
23. Januar bis 10. Februar 1945
Die Verteidigung Elbings war [...]

Chelyabinsk ITL (Gulag) --By on January 24th, 2010

This write-up is my effort to document the circumstances and images surrounding the Gulag complex to which Frieda [...]

Chelyabmetallurgstroy of the NKVD of the USSR — The Largest Forced Labor Camp for German-Russians --By on January 24th, 2010

Tscheljabmetallurgstroj des NKVD der UdSSR –
das Groesste Zwangsarbeitslager Fuer Russlanddeutsche
Genesis, Purpose and Assignments, Structure (Entstehung, Aufgabe, Struktur)
Krieger, Dr. [...]

Clarence Deyo --By on August 12th, 2010

Clarence Deyo spent most of World War 2 as a platoon Sargent in the Timberwolf Division fighting through [...]

Damals in Ostpreußen (NDR) --By on March 5th, 2011

Damals in Ostpreußen (NDR)
Unfortunately, it is not easy or simple to find factual information about controversial subjects like [...]

Danzig- Westpreussen (West Prussia) Heimatortskartei --By on November 8th, 2011

For those wishing to gain access to photographic images of the actual Heimatortskartei from the towns, cities & [...]

Der Zerstörung Elbings… das Ende 1945 --By on November 30th, 2010

Und keine hat den Sieger begrüßt…. (and no one welcomed the victors)
The destruction of Elbing (West Prussia).. the [...]

Deutsche Musik (Sampler) --By on December 6th, 2010

Popular German Music – Deutsche Musik.
We are building this sampler collection and hope to add more music as [...]

Deutsche Musik mit Humor (sampler #2) --By on December 28th, 2010

The songs on this page are from the early 20th Century Germany (pre-World War 2) and have intriguing [...]

Deutsche Vertriebene --By on October 18th, 2009

I have just posted new documents covering the subject of German Expulsions following World War 2.  Although the [...]

Die Flucht aus Ostpreußen- Elena Schlottau --By on November 26th, 2009

Dieser Eintrag stammt von Elena Schlottau (*1991)
Ergebnisse eines Interviews mit Frau C. T.(*1937)
Die damals 7-jährige C. T. erzählt [...]

Die Flucht aus Ostpreußen- Lena Buck --By on November 26th, 2009

Dieser Eintrag stammt von Lena Buck
Original Source (used under Fair Use Laws)
Ich habe Friedel H., die am 9. [...]

Die Flucht mit 500 alten und kranken Menschen von Rothenburg an der Neiße --By on November 26th, 2009

Frau Strack
Original source (used under Fair Use Laws)
Mein Mann, Diakon des Rauhen Hauses in Hamburg, war bei der [...]

Die Gefangenen – Ab nach Sibirien (ZDF) --By on March 6th, 2011

Die Gefangenen – Ab nach Sibirien (ZDF – a documentary about German prisoners of war who were sent [...]

Die Gefangenen – Willkommen im Camp (ZDF) --By on March 6th, 2011

Die Gefangenen – Willkommen im Camp
(ZDF – a documentary about German prisoners of war who were sent to [...]

Die Grosse Flucht – The Great Flight --By on December 6th, 2009

The following German films from the “Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen” are very disturbing and unfortunately true. They retell and [...]

Die Gustloff (ZDF) --By on March 1st, 2011

Two documentaries on the Gustloff from ZDF (on YouTube).

Die Gustloff – Hafen der Hoffnung (ZDF)
Die Gustloff – Flucht [...]

Die letzten Tage – Januar und Februar 1945 --By on October 21st, 2009

Original Article (used within terms of Fair Use)

Der folgende Bericht beruht auf Datenunterlagen des letzten Oberbürgermeisters der Stadt [...]

Die Rechtlosen- Those without Rights --By on December 3rd, 2010

Flucht und Vertreibung (II): Die Rechtlosen
by OstpreussenTV
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Die Vertreibung der Deutschen aus der Tschechoslovakei --By on March 2nd, 2011

Die Vertreibung der Deutschen aus der Tschechoslovakei
Unfortunately, it is not easy or simple to find factual information about [...]

Does anyone know Tommy? --By on February 11th, 2010

Tommy was an English war prisoner who spent most of World War 2 with the Senger family in [...]

Egon Recht --By on August 19th, 2009

ZUM GEDENKEN
Nachname:            Recht
Vorname:            Egon
Dienstgrad:
Geburtsdatum:            23.09.1922
Geburtsort:
Todes-/Vermisstendatum:        01.07.1944
Vermißtort/Todesort:            Mittelabschnitt
Nach den uns [...]

Endkampf um Ostpreußen --By on August 22nd, 2009

Source document may be found at: The Real Blaze
Die Panzerabwehrschlacht südlich Gumbinnen
von Oberstleutnant a. D. W. Salomon
Die Panzerabwehrschlacht [...]

Erich Recht --By on August 19th, 2009

ZUM GEDENKEN
Name: [...]

Ethnic Cleansing Discussion Groups --By on November 20th, 2010

Recently a new Internet Expulsion (Ethnic Cleansing) Discussion Group opened its doors for business. If you are interested [...]

Expulsion of German Nationals from Neissbach --By on January 20th, 2010

Contributed by Researcher 230112
People in story: Thomas Fischer
Location of story: Neissbach, Grafschaft Glatz
Article ID:  A1070371
Contributed on: 06 June [...]

Expulsion Summary --By on January 20th, 2010

source document link
The results
During the period of 1944/1945 – 1950, more than 14 million Germans were forced to [...]

Flucht 1945 --By on November 26th, 2009

Onkel Max und Tante Friedel
Dieser Eintrag stammt von Tatjana Littich
Original Source (used under Fair Use Laws)
Ich sehe sie [...]

Flucht aus Ostpreußen- Nina Schrader --By on November 26th, 2009

Eine deutsch-deutsche Familiengeschichte
Dieser Eintrag stammt von Nina Schrader (* 1982),
Wolfenbüttel.
Als im September 1945 die Russen von Osten immer [...]

Flucht aus Polen --By on April 27th, 2011

They said,
the war was over.
Still,
the suffering continued.
They were hungry.
Alone.
Afraid.
Father had never come home,
from Stalingrad.
Brother, an infant,
was dead.
Home was [...]

Flucht über das Haff --By on November 26th, 2009

Dieser Eintrag stammt von Jacqueline Kayser (*1988)
Ergebnisse eines Interviews mit Anni (*1926)
Original Source (used under Fair Use Laws)
Anni, [...]

Flucht und Vertreibung – Das Schicksal der Vertriebenen (ZDF) --By on March 1st, 2011

One of the most comprehensive documentaries on the German Expulsions & Flight from ZDF (on YouTube).
Unfortunately, it is [...]

Flucht und Vertriebung Gallerie (German Expulsion Gallery) --By on January 18th, 2010

Ich habe eine kleine Flucht und Vertriebung Foto Gallerie auf ManyRoads gestellt. (I have placed a small Photo [...]

Frieda Senger -Suchdienst & Soviet Records --By on January 23rd, 2010

Today when I arrived home a letter from the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz- Suchdienst awaited me. I have [...]

Frieda Senger- Cyrillic Conversion --By on February 16th, 2011

As many of you are aware, I have been trying to decipher a Russian document that Soviets created [...]

Frieda Senger- Post WW2 Gulag --By on September 6th, 2009

As the Russians invaded West Prussia near the end of World War 2, they rounded up abled bodied [...]

Gerald Deyo --By on August 12th, 2010

Gerald Deyo was one of the first US paratroopers trained in Panama, during World War 2. After his [...]

German Expulsions & the Diaspora --By on November 1st, 2011

While doing some research for an email response, I came across a body of work related to Die [...]

Geschichte einer Flucht aus Heiligenwalde in Ostpreussen --By on October 28th, 2009

Autor: www.heiligenwalde.de
25. Januar 1945
Heute musste meine Mutter mit mir und meinen 3 Brüdern das schöne Heiligenwalde verlassen. [...]

Gulag Perm-36 --By on September 6th, 2009

Although, we now know with certainty that Frieda Senger was not interned in Perm-36 Gulag; it does represent [...]

Heimatortskartei gets personal --By on January 5th, 2012

Almost all ManyRoads readers know that my mother’s family was among those expelled by the allies from the [...]

Heimatsortskartei & a true history --By on October 2nd, 2010

By the end of WW2, the destruction of Germany was nearly total. Almost every city had been leveled; [...]

HELP: Deutsche Vertriebene- German Expulsions --By on October 25th, 2009

Hello Readers,
Because of the great shortage of information and histories associated with the expulsions of Germans from Eastern [...]

Protected: John Evert Johnson 1923- 1945 --By on February 22nd, 2010

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Kalte Heimat – Vertriebene in Deutschland (Phoenix) --By on March 6th, 2011

Kalte Heimat – Vertriebene in Deutschland (Phoenix)
Unfortunately, it is not easy or simple to find factual information about [...]

Kinder der Flucht- Wolfskinder (ARD/ZDF) --By on December 10th, 2009

Kinder der Flucht- Wolfskinder
Unfortunately, it is not easy or simple to find factual information about controversial subjects like [...]

Kriegs- und Nachkriegserinnerungen --By on October 25th, 2009

Von Carl W. Gaede
Ich bin im Dezember 1936 in Kaiserslautern in der Pfalz in Deutschland geboren. Mein Vater [...]

Kriegsweihnacht- War Christmas --By on December 5th, 2010

I have attempted to present videos offering the music and feeling of WW2 Christmases in Germany. It [...]