Brigitte Hamann says her book is based on a diary given to her by relatives of Dr. Eduard Bloch , who lived in Hitler’s home town of Linz in Austria. Hitler regarded him as an “edeljude” – a noble Jew – and never forgot the kindness he showed his mother Klara when he treated her for… Read more »
The Afrika Korps was formed February 19, 1941, after the German Armed Forces High Command had decided to send an expeditionary force to Libya to support the Italian army, which had been routed by an Allied counteroffensive, Operation Compass. The German expeditionary force, commanded by Erwin Rommel, at first consisted only of the 5th Panzer… Read more »
The Nazi rise to power brought an end to the Weimar Republic, a parliamentary democracy established in Germany after World War I. Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor on January 30, 1933, the Nazi state (also referred to as the Third Reich) quickly became a regime in which Germans enjoyed no guaranteed basic rights. After a suspicious… Read more »
Margarete “Marga” Boden was born, 09-09-1893 in Goncerzewo near Bromberg. the daughter of landowner Hans Boden and his wife Elfriede, whose maiden name was Popp. Margarete had four brothers and a sister. In 1909, she attended the Höhere Töchterschule (Higher Girls School) in Bromberg, a city in northern Poland. Margarete trained and worked as a nurse during the First World War followed by a stint at… Read more »
Albert Frey, born 16 February 1913 was a Standartennführer in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler . He was born in Heidelberg, the son of the master baker Heinrich Frey and his wife Therese. He joined the NSDAP: 1.05.1937. Joined the SS: 15.06.1933. In December 1933 with the SS-Verfügungstruppe. In 1937 as an SS Oberscharführer… Read more »