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...just wandering, what he was doing in the first place in foreign countries to end up in POW camp? Six years of war means, at the very least that he started his "career" in France, if not Poland...
Considering that he spent only 5 years it is very safe to conclude that he was high ranking officer in the Wehrmacht, and was exempt from labor unlike rest of the Nazis, who in fact were repatriated after 10 years and not five as your infamous relative. Learn history, will serve you well next time and save embarrassment.
Yes in Germany everyones relative in WWII was innocent it was always someone elses grandfather who committed those atrocities.
If you start wars you eventually get what you deserve. Retribution.
... does it ever occurred to you, that services wouldn't be needed if your grandfather didn't invade foreign country, devastated economy and killed 27 000 000 people, just to remind you over 20 000 000 non-combatants was exterminated in accordance with the Generalplan Ost - so shove it.
"...and was exempt from labor..."? - Did you ever read anything about siberian POV Camps or the life in a soviet Gulag? Learn history yourself!
#30 A dog was included???
To be fair those savages do eat dogs.
The correct abbreviation you must use in this particular case is GUPWI (ГУПВИ). Obviously your ignorance is unquestionable and unsurpassed so far.
For example
SOLDAT. Reflections of a German Soldier. 1936-1949. Ziegfried Knappe with Ted Brusaw (1992).
ISBN-10: 0440215269
ISBN-13: 978-0440215264
Selma
Stshalkovo, Dombe, Tuchola, Dęblin, Brześć Litewski, Wadowice, Pikulice, Korosten, Žitomir, Aleksandrov, Lukov, Ostrov-Lomzhinski, Rombertov, Zdunskaya Volya, Torun, Dorogusk, Plock, Radom, Przemysl, Lavov, Friedrichovka, Zvyagel, Deblin, Petrokov, Bialystok, Baranovići, Molodechino, Vilno, Pinsk, Ruzhany, Bobruisk, Grodno, Luninets, Volkovysk, Minsk, Pulawy, Povonzki, Točno, Stryi, Kovel - polish
concentrationextermination camps, before WWII just in case you dont knowSee; Cassandra
Superior orders, often known as the Nuremberg defense, just following orders, or by the German phrase Befehl ist Befehl ("an order is an order"), is a plea in a court of law that a person—whether a member of the military, law enforcement, a firefighting force, or the civilian population—not be held guilty for actions ordered by a superior officer or an official.
Tribunal (IMT), explicitly stated that following an unlawful order is not a valid defense against charges of war crimes.