My Journey of Captivity

Synopsis: Let me make it clear upfront: I was not a "Nazi." I was drafted into the German army, the Deutsche Wehrmacht, on April 1, 1939, at the age of 19. The Wehrmacht was by no means a political army like the "Sturm Staffel Troopers" or the "Gestapo" and should not be called "Nazi" as many foreign countries labeled us then. We did our duties as soldiers only, not to support any political cause such as fascism. Towards the end of the war, when all we wanted was to go home to our families, some