My Nazi Guards Thanked Me With A Bible

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[@RivetHead999]

@@Joe-sg9llwhat the hell are you talking about? What propaganda? This is a channel featuring interviews with veterans of armed conflicts. You could just block the channel. But now I’m curious. And I mean this sincerely, out of genuine curiosity. How do you define propaganda? And what is the problem with this video? And truthfully, if this video upsets you, but you are totally fine with advertising it video entertainment deliberately going out of their way to highlight POC and LGBT, or any other marginalized group, then you should really dig deep and evaluate everything you believe to be true. Because you will be constantly lost, frustrated, and angry at everything in the world when you refuse to see truth, and demand the world become what you desire it to be in order to align with your own truth. Just you making that comment and demanding a channel on KZbin “stop the propaganda” when you could, with less effort, block the channel, that demonstrates how narcissistic you are, that you can’t ignore something, but just because something you do t like exists, you have to go out of your way to combat it. This channel doesn’t “directly affect you, so why do you care what other people do?” Isn’t that what people with your mentality constantly say when they have an issue with abortion or trans rights, or any of the other things people like to rally and protest?

[@stylekat]

​@@Joe-sg9llWhat propaganda garbage are you talking about? Could you elaborate?

[@janethompson2305]

​@@Joe-sg9ll What's Ur prob Joe.??? If U don't like something scroll past it.!!

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

He's definitely from NY he reminds me of all 4 of my NY grandparents lol

[@CoIdHeat]

@@Joe-sg9ll You´re really calling this veteran a liar?

[@bronzelovegod]

Once you're past the surface of the war you find out how interesting people are.

[@Edward_USMC13]

Absolutely as somebody who served in Iraq with a Marine Corps infantry unit it's hard to articulate how close you become with the people on the ground, on a human level. This is a beautiful story this gentleman is telling and goes to show we're all human beings and for the most part decent. Until we learn to stop fighting these awful conflicts for the sick and Powerful few, will repeat our mistakes unfortunately. Peace and love

[@mrmirchiTheCodGuy]

@@Edward_USMC13thank you for your service!

[@A2D4]

Reminds me of that story from WW1, where the Americans (?) or British and the Germans stopped fighting on Christmas Eve, shook hands, exchanged some gifts & played some kind of game - soccer or something. I think that both sides declared a temporary cease fire after the Germans were heard singing Christmas carols. (Terrible memory for details). Anyway, the “Allies” side later got into trouble with their superiors but it shows how people really are just people when you get down to it.

[@John-mf1sz]

@@A2D4I recall hearing something to this effect as well. It’s a pity it didn’t just stop there. WWI was just an absolute meat grinder. So many people from all sides just pushed right into a human wood chipper for senseless reasons.

[@lokiofasgard312]

@@A2D4that’s a good story, after that interaction all the men refused to fight and both sides were sent to different fronts!

[@garytodd5605]

In the late 70's and 80's i worked with a man that was also an aircrewmember thhat spent almost 2 years as a Pow in a German POW camp. I ask him if he hated the Germans that held him prisoner. He said absolutely not. He said an old sgt saved his and the mens life in his barracks. They were all falling ill to disentary. And he said this old sgt brought in a toe sack full of potatoes and told them to char them in the stove and eat the heavly charred patatoes. He said they all got better and survived.

[@sharonrigs7999]

Very wise advice. It acts similarly to charcoal, which is great at stopping diarrhea

[@s.engelsman4521]

@@sharonrigs7999It will also kill worms and other parasites in addition to absorbing toxins.

[@Dangus35]

Great for him. Do you want to know what the Germans did to my ancestors? Raped, kidnapped, then gassed them.

[@gratefulguy4130]

​@@sharonrigs7999 It is charcoal. Sliced bread is better. Consistently thick no air bubbles. Guard either didn't have bread or knew they'd be more likely to eat enough if the charcoal was on a good potato.

[@cattlemen]

@@gratefulguy4130 You’re absolutely correct. Charcoal absorbs basically every poison that is ingested, most other chemicals, toxins, and some bacteria and viruses. It also causes constipation, and when you are having severe diarrhea due to poor food and horrible sanitation; you can dehydrate and die in 48-72 hours. This knowledge has been lost to most of the world due to modern medicine.

[@hkc1960]

So awesome to receive Scriptures in original languages.

[@gwenscott5722]

There's very little scripture in the original paleo hebrew of the Patriarchs and ancient Hebrews. Modern Hebrew is not the original language or lettering system.

[@plahota]

@@gwenscott5722 The Hebrew characters are the same since Ezra the Scribe (know for the Book of Ezra.) Naturally, the language has changed, especially since it is now fully alive, with the resurrection of the Jewish states.

[@gwenscott5722]

@plahota Exekiel 20 makes clear that the remnant first gather in the Wilderness of Nations and there they will be brought into the bond of the Covenant before they return to the promise land. Was that fulfilled before 1948?

[@plahota]

@gwenscott5722 Don't know. But let me remind you that the covenant with the Patriarchs was about the Land. It is a Commandment to take the Land of Israel. So, the People of Israel could not fulfill all the Commandments before the return to their Land.

[@gwenscott5722]

@plahota Did the descendants of Israel gather in in a place called the Wilderness of Nations and did God root out the rebels among them so that the rest would perfectly follow the Covenant before they went back into the Promised Land in 1948? God says he would deal with them face to face in the Wilderness of Nations like He dealt with their ancestors in the Wilderness of Egypt. This is a second Wilderness experience. Did that happen before 1948? That's what Exekiel 20:34-38 prophesies. Wilderness means unoccupied place. It's not a metaphor for a bad experience. Jeremiah 31:2 says it is a place of rest.

[@Draaza]

Receiving the TORAH from a German during WW2, that's a damn prize, that's insane

[@joeym5243]

I wonder how they got it 🤔

[@Draaza]

@@joeym5243 I'm sure they just found it somewhere. I dunno, maybe the owner passed away

[@double6530]

Bible

[@desiprioleau]

@@double6530wtf do you think Jesus called it

[@joeym5243]

@@Draaza I was alluding to how they probably took it from a Jewish family

[@gabrielarruda4083]

My great grandfather was a POW during WW2. He hid his rosary beads in his socks and prayed everyday to come home to his family, and that day actually came when he was rescued.

[@giovannacabiddu9076]

IL Rosario è più forte di una bomba atomica .lo sapevate? Preghiamo tutti con il Santo Rosario la Vergine Maria ha detto che molti castighi come la 3a guerra mondiale può essere allontanata per sempre come anche tante malattie del corpo e dell'anima. Consigliatemi a tutti.

[@zxy78267]

Wow! I'm so glad he made it home.

[@martinberglund1470]

Must be the rosary beads

[@-qj6ps]

@@martinberglund1470yeah ignoring the millions who were not spared death, rape, and starvation, anything can seem like a miracle.

[@piotrjozwiak7951]

@@-qj6ps ignoring? rather taking into consideration. my grandpa with all his family (5 brothers, a sister, father and a sister-in law) were taken to Siberia during the Soviet occupation in Poland. All of them made it home, through various ways, even with 4 of the men taken to the army to fight against Germans. That really is taken as a miracle in my family, because many weren't that lucky, whether they died in Siberia or got shot on the frontline.

[@LydiaWhitting]

My grandfather came home eventually after capture twice. But during war he was sick. An Italian nun took him n his friend to hide them and heal him. I have the small cross she gave him on leaving, which I hope my own grandson will treasure.

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

I'm glad he managed to survive it. My Grandad was a P.O.W. too. He escaped once and was recaptured and then eventually tried again. He succeeded the 2nd time. He practically WALKED out because most of the guards just abandoned the place, scared of retributions from local partisans or,worse, the Russians who were on their way. We must never forget these old soldiers and their stories. It's true that if we don't learn from History we will repeat it, or do something even worse! Best wishes to you, whoever you are. 🙏🏽

[@Nflux10]

​@@Rugmunchersauce3amen.🫡

[@bernadettewilkie5996]

I would totally treasure that cross!!! What a wonderful story!

[@leftysheppey]

The Italians were fantastic in the war. It seemed like on the whole, they didn't care for the war. Jewish kids in France would chat with them and play cards, trade commodities, etc.

[@zxy78267]

That's amazing! What a beautiful story and momento.

[@ellavaderknows]

You’ll see this man called “Sir” a lot in the comments. It’s not because he was an officer, but because of the respect he has earned.

[@JDO6715]

Or because it's a pretty common way of addressing a male presenting person 🤷

[@ellavaderknows]

@@JDO6715 I can tell your breath stinks

[@mebsrea]

@@JDO6715Man. The word you’re looking for is “man”. It’s really not that hard to say.

[@lunchbox1553]

​@@mebsrea Not all men are called sir. Their point was that in an interview type setting, you refer to them as sir because the position while on camera demands a basic level of respect.

[@crw662]

⁠@@lunchbox1553 He’s responding to the comment that said “male presenting person”.

[@jennifereicher8755]

Love, honor, respect and gratitude for your service and to all who served!

[@wardengentles53]

World War 2 was more complicated, and more intricate than many will ever know. So many people, so many ethnicities, so much culture changed/rearranged. Incredible.

[@samuelluria4744]

Deep thoughts.

[@littlefishbigmountain]

But you almost wouldn’t ever know that unless you stumbled upon clues. It’s painted very crystal clear, black and white, heroes and villains. People like it that way.

[@marxistvalorie]

@@littlefishbigmountain It is very clearly black and white. It was either Germany winning and wiping out ethnicities that they deemed unworthy, or the Allies and the USSR winning and saving these people from that fate. In the grand scheme it is black and white, viewing it person by person, it isn't

[@skullrevenant9573]

​@@littlefishbigmountainAll wars that have been bought are in grey zone.There are never good guys and bad guys.Both sides are fighting for what they believe is good and both sides have understandable points that you could resonate with.There's never black and white

[@littlefishbigmountain]

@@skullrevenant9573 Ya know the funny thing about war, is the bad guys never seem to win? 🤔🤔😜

[@simonsmith1974]

I have full respect for this man. I hope he's enjoyed his life in peace. They don't make men like you anymore sire. You have my full respect.

[@wowno5763]

"tHeY dOnT mAkE mEn lIkE yOu aNyMoRe" shut up, lol.

[@YukioSeki-bw7qc]

Doing tricks on it 🙏😭

[@ms.sonshine8878]

Thank you for your service, Sir.

[@jscho8674]

That's incredible. I love this man's spirit.

[@cacampbell3654]

Thanks for your comment. Otherwise I might have simply judged his humility and appreciation of the gift as his solely being vulnerable to collaboration with a profoundly and horrifically corrupt enemy,

[@CaseyBlake-n8o]

​@@cacampbell3654 I'm acually not sure if your being sarcastic. No offense. But, I know how you choose to think about things, great, or horrific matters for yourself, and everyone that knows you❤🤍💙❤🤍💙❤🤍💙

[@JustSomeGoy]

He's a liar

[@GameChanger597]

I just hope this man understands the Nazis who gave him the Bible were literally doing everything the Bible says not to do! They do not represent God. You can't be a Christian and do the evil things they did!!!!

[@GameChanger597]

​@@JustSomeGoyYou're a hater. You know nothing.

[@julianbrown7976]

What a heart-warming story

[@meganwynn372]

THIS is my ideal way of learning history. From our elders.❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤

[@samuelamoia9782]

It’s the best way🤗

[@sherryblanton2029]

I think it may be the ONLY Way!✝️♥️

[@ridiculous_gaming]

It's nice to see that you've survived sir, and are still able to smile.

[@kalmanjulianne]

Wouldn't be here if the Russians got him.

[@MadgeGreen]

​@@kalmanjulianneWhy wouldn't he? The Russians were our allies during WW2.

[@JudeAtisele-sk2lr]

What an exciting moment for him to know that liberators were on the way ,and the gift of Greek Bibles were the gifts of life for him.

[@FLIPPER1439]

This is the most important part of what this man said~~Germans gave him Bibles. 🙌🏼 HALLELUJAH

[@JustSomeGoy]

Sounds like absolute bullshit to me....didn't the notsees burn their books?!

[@JustSomeGoy]

@brake_4_cake so just the tranny/sexuality for minors books that we still don't want today? Almost like we joined the wrong side and helped the wrong team win....

[@Erich__88]

Liberators???

[@Sayid-al-Furat]

​@@Erich__88 Well, yeah. The Soviets obviously did a lot of bad on their march west, but most considered them liberators when they came.

[@janeantoinettasecreti7502]

Beautiful man. These ex veterans are so humble. They experienced a lot

[@HardHardMaster]

He collaborated with the Nazis. Better be really humble.

[@randallulrich]

Ex-serviceman, maybe. But once you’ve served, you’re a veteran. Not an “ex-veteran”.

[@enutrofdude]

@@randallulrich Thanks, now I'm just picturing someone saying: "In the past, he previously used to be a former ex-veteran" and trying to figure out what that even means.

[@randallulrich]

@@enutrofdude: That puzzle is even worse than the Gordian Knot. 😊

[@crisespinoza1979]

Thank you so much for your service. In spite of the hatred beaten these countries, humanity came through. Thank you for your service, Sir.

[@JustSomeGoy]

Service?! He was a civilian hostage...he only served himself

[@AVKnecht]

There never was hatred between the US and Germany. More like competition.

[@anthonymanceau4650]

@@AVKnecht There definitely was back then

[@TheOfficialDjProduct]

@@AVKnecht The Germans were allies with Japan. I'd say we did not like the Germans at that time.

[@GameChanger597]

​​@@AVKnechtAre you kidding me? The US was disgusted with germany. The whole world was appalled at what germany did to millions of innocent people for absolutely no reason except for the purpose of displaying pure evil.

[@codeman9145]

I miss this generation. No lies. No bullshit. Last of the realest.

[@hbsjsj399]

The generation that killed milionisof jews, mantained apartheid and tried not to stop decolonization?

[@Ineden774]

No whining, either.

[@HardHardMaster]

False.

[@javadivawithdog]

A legacy, though hardly perfect.

[@javadivawithdog]

I know someone whose WW2 vet father bragged for years about killing an African American fellow service man and not getting charged for this . Absolute embarrassment and horror to the kid whose father bragged loudly and frequently about this crime.

[@kevinjang2075]

Sir, Jerry Wolf, thank you for your service. God bless you sir.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@DanSopranosTony wouldn’t like that, he was as pro-American as they come!

[@thefolder69]

​@@DanSopranosthe U.S. entry into WWII was not a bid for imperialistic gains. the wars that came after? sure. but fighting the god damn Nazis is a morally good thing to do.

[@justaguyontheintern3t]

​@kenkaze75everyone has their own beliefs

[@HardHardMaster]

Service to the Nazis?

[@Jc4947]

Thank you for your service!! You’re a real Super Hero!!! God bless you and your family!! USA all the way!!

[@jeremyjohnson9585]

Always remember that most soldiers are just like us...they don't make the decision to go to war. They were just fighting for their country like us. People don't stop being people.

[@joalexsg9741]

Sadly, this is an idealized generalization, the reality being that this will actually hinge on several factors, like the degree of brainwashing the soldiers have been inculcated with, their individual tendencies we all humans have, whether for good or for bad - and the many mixes in between - plus the influence of the social group with the level of distortion or humanity the latter has preserved.

[@redomega24]

They fight because the their "government's" force them to

[@achimkunisch8619]

Thank you!!!!

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

That is very true. And some people are mean &(about 1%) devious. And some people are light hearted &(about 1%) tend to want to help. But most are just following the crowd &(about 97%) trying to fit in so they don't look out of place & become singled out.

[@achimkunisch8619]

@@kennethdeanmiller7324 And let's not froget that moste wuld have helped or not don the atrocities if they weren't cowarded in to subserviance by organisations like the SS or NKVD.

[@tryhardfighter1833]

It's good to see a shred of kindness still left in the chaos

[@81vintage]

My wifes grandfather was forced to serve for Germany. If they didnt they faced death, not only for them but it endangered their families as well. i met her in Germany when i was stationed there, using her as an interpreter i got to hear stories from his side. amazing

[@katherinetutschek4757]

Where was her grandfather from? Or do you mean that German men had no choice about being conscripted?

[@Suhnik]

@@katherinetutschek4757The latter. At first if you were at least 18 and towards the end even 16 year olds were pulled to operate things like anti aircraft weapons.

[@katherinetutschek4757]

@@Suhnik I see 🥺

[@ClementofOhio]

I highly doubt he had a problem with serving. Germans are a proud people. She probably just said that.

[@KaotikBOOO]

​@@ClementofOhioyou're showing that you don't really know anything about Germany. Seems like you don't get the difference between SS fanatics and conscripted wehrmacht

[@davidlister5642]

My uncle Tom was captured and held as POW by the Japanese a little over 2 years and was tortured a lot. When he came home he was really different my Mom said mainly due to the horrific torture he went thru and the awful things he saw done to him and his fellow soldiers. He always scared me very stern . As I got older and my Mom told me about his captured and imprisonment I then understood his sternness. He would never talk about what he went thru and I learned not to ask.

[@terry_willis]

And at WWII's end, we just let all those little bastards go home. And then we paid to rebuild their country. After killing and torturing 100,000's of thousands of innocent people.

[@PortmanRd]

Much the same as my Great Grand Father. He got severely wounded, and was sent home during WW1. Minus an arm, an eye and a back full of shrapnel. Never talked about the war, wouldn't watch war movies or even Remberance day. 🇬🇧

[@JoeReynolds-iw1sn]

A good friend of mine, his grandfather went through the Bataan death march, and you can imagine how much he despised the Japanese. He was the most upset with the US government for abandoning the soldiers to basically rot in the Philippines. He wrote a book about it called, No Uncle Sam the Forgotten of Bataan, by Anton Bilek. A very nonchalant person, with a wealth of experience. He was in talks with Clint Eastwood to make a film based on his book, he told Clint’s people that he didn’t care about anything other than they tell the story accurately, because every word of it was a true account. They dropped it because the thin red line had came out.

[@PortmanRd]

@@JoeReynolds-iw1sn I don't think the Japanese ever truly answered for their war crimes.

[@debracoronado3331]

Fatman and little boy were horrible

[@avisambrobro664]

Wars are fought for politicians. Only the innocent suffer

[@user-ed1yx2fq7l]

The politicians are bought. They do what they’re told.

[@brettrobinson2901]

And WITHOUT a government...ie. politics..what would you have?...MAD MAX FuryRoad..pick your poison..politics..or anarchy..

[@dizzthenibbler4070]

​@@brettrobinson2901 best part about it is they can't say there's no proof anymore, thanks c.h.a.z. / c.h.o.p. 😂

[@HardHardMaster]

​@@brettrobinson2901it's not those only 2 options. The problem is we give politicians too much power and leeway.

[@brettrobinson2901]

@@HardHardMaster True...you DO hafta watch them...

[@docadams7099]

My uncle Frank Florence was a POW in WW2. It was terrible for him and his fellow POWs but I think he learned forgiveness from it. He frequently gave his testimony of how the Lord sustained him; eventually he and several others were able to escape, and he gave his life to Christian service. He passed in 2004; aunt Betty passed in 2009.

[@SeamusMcGillicuddy0]

R.I.P. Uncle Frank & Aunt Betty !🇺🇸

[@lilliancathrynperry8827]

What an amazing man.

[@grapeape-hx1jj]

The stories our veterans from WWII have are simply incredible. These were men and women experiencing some of the best and worst of humanity. The Marines of WWII through Vietnam made me want to be a solid Marine. These men were gifts. Their bravery. Their spirit. Their sacrifice. I don't know if my generation had half of that. These men were special.

[@peterrooney3780]

You had me until you said Marines 😂 devil dog bastards

[@Diego-tm3dj]

99% were men.

[@JustSomeGoy]

They're proud of their actions and disgusted with the results we're living in today....we were tricked into joining the wrong side.

[@bebrochka8113]

​@@JustSomeGoynotsee supporter, reported

[@marxistvalorie]

@@JustSomeGoy What do you mean by that?

[@leattaslone1800]

Wow! Thank you Sir for your Service and Sacrifices. God Bless you all.

[@douglaswright8434]

God bless

[@jangriffin-fi1yx]

It's incredible to me how anyone survived the war we must never forget them ❤

[@Kate98755]

too many already have, anti hate for the Jewish people is beyond a level I thought we’d never see again….but here we are. 😔

[@HardHardMaster]

​@@Kate98755what Israel is doing is not helping either

[@tracytracy1030]

Wow, what a treasure🙏🏻 You AND Book 💝

[@sheriboston706]

Thank you Mr.Wolf.So happy you survived,Being a POW..And Pointing out..that all the German Soldiers were not Bad... Humanity, resilient,on both sides any ended up in situations that no one asked for 😢 ❤🕊️ Lord's Blessings

[@HardHardMaster]

That no one asked for except the n a z i s.

[@Celisar1]

Most weren’t bad. What do you think? That living in a bloody dictatorship for a few short years turns decent people into unscrupulous ones?? Such a dictatorship only shows your true colours.

[@headbanger1853]

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸. Amazing story

[@connieadams607]

OUR GREATEST GENERATION 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@FreeSpeechLover-v6s]

Yes Indeed.. The Greatest!! 👍❣️🇺🇸

[@Gary-k6w]

The Best and the Peace we had

[@KohanKilletz]

That was the generation that fought for labor rights, for civil rights, and to fight the Nazis and many of them joined the communist party definitely our greatest generation and I'm not being sarcastic or ironic with this

[@FearsomeMedic]

Every generation has greatness. We didn’t peak as a nation in the 1940’s. And we’re still climbing!

[@KohanKilletz]

@@FearsomeMedic I don't think anyone reasonable things that the nation peaked in the 1940s but the cultural peak of the United States along with The greatest progress on social issues was achieved by the generation of folks who came of age in the 1940s

[@Kadetttreter78]

Most of them were good people and had nothing to do with any war crimes, and there are so many stories like this. I’m happy that you show this to the world.

[@WorthlessDeadEnd]

That makes sense. Although the entire country's government had been taken over by the Nazis, it would be illogical to assume that every German adopted and agreed with the propaganda, no matter how frequently it had been shoved down their throats. And since the German army was conscripted (drafted), it's not like anyone had a choice to wear the Nazi uniform.

[@gazf6163]

Most of them were not good people at all. They were N@zis. A small minority of them were decent. It completely dishonours the memories of allied servicemen that we now even treat N@zis like the were misunderstood victims of circumstance. Lest we forget. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@marxistvalorie]

That's a myth. A lot of German officers promoted this after the end of the war, when they tried themselves as authors. However the myth has been disproven. Wehrmacht soldiers were frequently ordered by their higher-ups to commit war crimes and attrocities. Several people that they deemed undesirable were shot without trial in the field of battle, the same often happened with soldiers of the USSR, since they deemed slavic people to be undesirable. The german Wehrmacht had the opportunity to reject to commit war crimes, since that would normally not cause them to be executed. However most German soldiers didn't know that they had this opportunity. German soldiers committed war crimes, if they wanted it or not.

[@gazf6163]

@@marxistvalorie the fact you even have to explain to people that N*z*'s were assholes proves how doomed the human race is...

[@mikejezek5214]

@@marxistvalorie Bunch of nonsense. You in 2024 commenting on something you never saw or participated in.

[@sharonporter7132]

Great story. Kindness when you don't expect it.❤❤❤🙏🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@libbylandscape3560]

Thank you for your service and sacrifice Mr. Jerry Wolf, you are a brave man and I hope your life has been filled with happiness and love. ❤

[@paulquantumblues3599]

Thank you for your service. God Bless you and everyone you served with.

[@CarsynWhitlock]

Thank you for this beautiful story of humanity and for your service mr Wolf we are forever in debt for what you did for this country

[@conniewaycaster7571]

Someone up there was watching over you. Thank you for your service, and for sharing with us. So glad you were safe. ❤ ❤ ❤

[@paullentz1972]

I guess that 'someone up there' must have been too busy to 'watch over' the 6 million Jews who were slaughtered during WW2..

[@sunnybeaches1331]

My dad was in Luckenvald. Stalag 3B.

[@richardligtenbarg7258]

Stalag III-a was Luckenwalde.

[@anoncanada2341]

88 likes 🤨

[@wqktwkvx]

Thank you for your service, God bless you, sir.

[@billhorn3]

Beautiful spirit in this man.

[@JamesBarker-qt3pb]

Certainly Is

[@moleculemagician8616]

Thank you for your service to our Constitution and our country.

[@jackwilson5780]

He was a nazi you know that right

[@jackwilson5780]

@@moleculemagician8616 my bad I missread the title I’m sorry guys

[@moleculemagician8616]

@@DanSopranos Have you read the United States Constitution? Have you considered how various governments operate? Have you questioned whether there is a basis for morality and if so what that basis is?

[@hellotheremyolfriend]

@DanSopranos you sound like a biased US hater

[@Deleted11100]

@@moleculemagician8616the US constitution makes everyone laugh. Aren’t you supposed to be the land of the free? Where people spend their life savings on medical treatment should they fall seriously ill? The country where kids literally have safety drills in case some coward runs in with a gun and shoots them? The country that calls themselves veterans despite said vets dropping Napalm on innocent women, children and babies? You are lying to yourself mate.

[@leepalmer1210]

I hope those Germans who treated him with kindness survived the rest of the war and lived long happy lives like him. And for those who care probably 90 percent of the German army were not in any way Nazis , just soldiers fighting for home.

[@tiffanyshanley1419]

See, I didn't know that. I was assume they were all brainwashed to be despicable. Thanks for the heads up

[@samuelluria4744]

Nice pulled-out-of-your-armpit "statistic".

[@claytonballer4240]

Yep, they were trying to stop the spread of communism/ bolshevikism to the rest of Europe. The amount of people that jewish controlled communist Russia killed was ghastly. I've been learning more about it over the past month. I had no idea the bolsheviks were so heinous.

[@marxistvalorie]

Hitler was voted into power...

[@akirafuckingnakamoto2446]

@@tiffanyshanley1419It’s pretty straight forward really, most of the brainwashed fanatics were apart of the SS, Gestapo or higher up in the Nazi ranks. Regular soldiers like the Wehrmacht were just trying to fight for their country and wanted nothing to do with the eradication of undesirables.

[@robertpinto9217]

This is amazing. Thank you for sharing this brave man's story and his humanity.

[@geridannels1701]

Thank you for your service sir. I am glad you made it home and again thank you for saving this nation. You are a hero!

[@Alguien644]

> this nation Yeah because other nations dont matter

[@Steven-p1o]

Greatest Generation. What a story. Your generation is the best.

[@ritchie9872]

Wrong, the greatest generation was during the American Revolution. A close second was during the Civil War. Unlike World War 2, those were truly American wars.

[@missydelcoglin4087]

@@ritchie9872There’s more to the world than just America. The generation who fought in WW2 are known as the greatest generation.

[@HankBukowski]

​@@missydelcoglin4087 No there isn't.

[@janethompson2305]

​@@HankBukowski Lets all tell U something buddy. In the first place, these men were on the front line of fire all fighting together to help save our freedom. They helped save the world's freedom from the Natzi's & other nations did too. If it wasnt for The Greatest Generation U wouldn't ever been free. They were called The Greatest Generation for many reasons, not only for fighti g an awful war. Do Ur research.

[@bobcatfish2796]

Completely disagree, they were all human beings just like us. And any generation put in their specific situation probably wouldn’t have done much better/worse. And I think glorifying anyone for any involvement in War is a huge step in the wrong direction for all human kind.

[@virginiabirkett4980]

God Bless our Vets!!❤❤

[@user-xv3vd4zw7h]

Thank you for your service and sacrifice, Sir 🇺🇸 ❤ GOD bless you, Mr Wolfe 🙌 ❤

[@phyllishannah7203]

Thank you 🙏 ❤🇺🇸for your service to our country America 🇺🇸.

[@howarddavidiii6171]

Thank you so much for your service, and Thank you for sharing this great memory.

[@sherryanderson66]

Good evening from Mississippi!! What an incredible story, thank you for sharing a bit of history. Sir, thank you for your service to our great country and to the American citizens. God Bless!!

[@stephenfreid6200]

Job Well Done Aviator..... God Bless You, And All The Boys Who Fought Back The Fires Of Hell And Snuffed It Out... Much Respect To Our Father's, Grandfather's, And Great Grandfather's... God Bless Them All..

[@budselectgoesoff]

horst wessel lied brings tears to my eyes

[@magaman5010]

Thank you for you’re service!!!!

[@SanctusPaulus1962]

*your Also, who are you talking to? Do you think this old guy reads youtube comments?

[@keithnorrod6878]

The Greatest Generation !! May God Bless and Keep Him Always 🙏

[@isaachillman1874]

When I went to Europe, some of the countries I visited was England, Germany, France, Italy. I got to meet all of the people in each country and you learn that they’re not all that different from each other.

[@HardHardMaster]

Not the fair ones anyway

[@HardHardMaster]

Not. The. Fair. Ones. Anyway.

[@ullensaker2010]

It warms my heart that not all Germans where bad during the war

[@jaded2424]

Do you think if they were winning they would have been as considerate.

[@theonly802]

@@jaded2424you could say that just about any side who treated their opponents (who were winning) with humanity. At the end of the day, we’re still people who can show a modicum of respect to an opponent

[@dp1381]

There are many testimonies of how polite the German soldiers were, particularly in contrast to the Russians.

[@Alguien644]

​@@dp1381There were good and bad people on both sides

[@katherinetutschek4757]

​@@Alguien644This is the most accurate description

[@rhondasanders4323]

Wow. What a blessing

[@bencooley9655]

Thank You Sir For Your Service and God Bless You

[@williammesar7898]

Thank you so much for your service.

[@barbaradownie3265]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 💜🙏💜

[@PatrickOrchids]

General Patton: "We defeated the wrong enemy."

[@heyokasamurai453]

And?

[@doctorm3518]

So who did he think was the right enemy

[@Lalalauren1117]

@@doctorm3518 Research Joseph Stalin and the red army, whom General Patton deemed utter "savages" when he met them after the war. You may also be interested in how General Patton died.

[@snakehobo5400]

Wonderful, not all Germans were bad.

[@dartmart9263]

So true! This is additional proof that not all Germans were Nazis at heart, or even racists, despite what ideological modern “historians” would have you believe today. Their ultimate goal is to rewrite history, and to divide humanity for power and total control. We must free ourselves from those modern shackles!

[@makeuthink2120]

Not all Americans are good.

[@dartmart9263]

@@makeuthink2120 Thats a given! Have you seen some of the recent anti-American scum activity? Those people are absolutely vile. So much hate from the “tolerant” Left. LOL

[@dartmart9263]

@@makeuthink2120 And most Anti-American “Americans” are absolutely vile

[@dartmart9263]

@@makeuthink2120 Funny how my post got deleted. I guess some people simply can’t handle the truth, and their cowardly knee jerk reaction is to resort to censorship. That is particularly true with the anti-American authoritarian Left here in the US. Most of their members are absolutely vile.

[@thomascorrea3937]

Thank you Sir for your service and your story

[@jryland6]

Bless you, Sir my heart goes out to every victim & every family who suffered such horrible injustices ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Susan-sr3ge]

Lovely tie, Sir. Thank you for your story!

[@susanmcconnell6041]

Thank you, sir!!!

[@phillipwallace7211]

The victors always try to dehumanise the vanquished . It's nothing new. It's refreshing to hear this man's example of humanity, the one constant that unites us regardless of race ,colour, creed or politics.

[@derdude6214]

What the hell are you yapping about victors dehumanizing the losers? They dehumanized themselves during the war. Oh great he gifted him a book how sweet. What, he shoot an entire polish family? Led hundreds into gas chambers? Mutilated people? Who cares. And for the small chance he didn't do anything himself (unlikely if he was high ranking enough to lead a prisoners camp) then at least he damn well knew that the state he fought for committed all those atrocities. This is an interesting story for sure but only because it shows the disgusting double standards of those people. Treating one prisoner with gifts and kind words and others like insects. This comment section is horrifyingly acting like the HC didn't happen and that the Germans are portrait unfairly evil because one officer gifted one book to one American soldier. Those people did unspeakable things and it's wrong to pretend like we don't know that.

[@comanderlucky656]

​@@derdude6214 True that, good deeds don't csncel out the bad ones, Social Nacionalists were textbook evil

[@MrTomylonely]

​@@derdude6214mental issues??

[@subjectc7505]

​@@derdude6214The government tells you who to hate, you obviously weren't there to understand that underneath the dehumanization it's soldiers who were forced to fight in a war. It was good Germans and it was bad Germans (which you know more about) it's the same with allies.

[@subjectc7505]

​@@comanderlucky656How do you know his particular guard was involved in the bad things? You know not every German was involved?

[@dunexapa1016]

My U.S. Marine WWII Father guarded a small group of prisoners for awhile. I have one picture of him with four prisoners. I learned an immense lesson from that one simple picture, .... respect. Many people commented it seems like he was standing with a group of friends. Well, he was the only one with a gun. Six shot revolver in a cross draw chest holster. Respect. We bave lost that in our military now.

[@griefbearer]

I'll never forget this, Sir.❤

[@njjeff201]

Shalom Sir. Thank you for your sacrifice

[@johnnydied9563]

Thank you for your service God Bless you sir.

[@natashafranko4951]

Thank you for all you did in WW11 You are an amazing, brave, inspiring man.🙏🕊️😊

[@raseli4066]

When did all the nine other world wars happen?

[@tramonte]

​@raseli4066 you mean the other 9? 😂😂😂

[@raseli4066]

@@tramonte yeah woops xD

[@RayAtkins-wk9zv]

Thank you for youer service sir and youer story sir God bless you sir

[@donovanphillips6278]

Just cause they were German soldiers doesn’t mean they were evil nazis. This is a clear example of that.

[@aboynamedthump]

Thank you for your sacrifices, services, and valor, Sir!

[@irishsakura1]

I can’t believe that Nazi didn’t destroy that Bible. And to give it to him in one piece, that Nazi almost seems human. Let’s never forget kindness where kindness was shown.

[@Lalalauren1117]

Why would nazis destroy Bibles? Are you getting the Marxist communists (Soviet Union - Hitler's enemy) confused with national socialists? Hitler wasn't anti-Christian, and publicly professed faith in God. If you were like me and my friends, you were likely taught that Hitler was an anti-God communist. But Hitler was one of the few who fought against communism. America sided with the communists and even gave $150 billion to Stalin before entering the war. We're taught Hitler was the greatest evil to walk the earth because he killed 6 million Jews. Although the number was officially (and secretly) lowered to 3.9 million, you can still be imprisoned in many countries for questioning the narrative. Conversely, Stalin was responsible for over 150 million deaths, yet I can go anywhere in the world and claim he didn't do those things and even preach that he was a good man, and no one would bat an eyelash.

[@FishWithAquaphobia]

​@@Lalalauren1117Since when was the official statistic of the Holocaust lowered from 6 million to 3.9 million. Where did you hear that?

[@jamestaylor1984]

You can barely believe it because you have never actually learned about the war, just accepted the story the victors presented to justify it.

[@FishWithAquaphobia]

@@jamestaylor1984 Right. Totally not like the Nazis conquered most of Europe, and were in the process of genociding several groups of people.

[@irishsakura1]

@@jamestaylor1984 You think the losing party has a different story? You think they were justified in what they did to millions of people?

[@mommom6637]

Amen, I am so glad for you , Thank You, For Your Service 💞

[@matthewminelli]

My great uncle was an American P.O.W. in WWII. He said every once in a while, the German guards would be nice and give them some of the meat they had at dinner. Apparently, the Russians who liberated the camp got drunk on vodka and decided to attack the Germans the night before they were originally going to. My uncle said he was more scared of the Russians during the raid than all the time he spent as a prisoner of the Germans! 😅

[@rihardsrozans6920]

Yup, during the war the Baltics were being invaded by the russians then the Germans then the russians again. When the Germans advanced and got here the russians would destroy gardens, fields and shoot livestock as they were retreating. When the germans got here they would share their rations for being allowed to sleep under the roof at my grandmother's family's house.

[@christianpalmer]

Yeah Russians we're evil

[@justicartiberius8782]

There are also photos of german soldiers sharing their food with russian refugees or a german SS medic treating the wounds of a wounded soviet soldier. Then again i heard stories of german medics trying to treat the wounds of a wounded soviet, just to get stabbed by him when he pulled his knife and killing the german medic. War was hell. Even those that started with compassion, had to learn that compassion lead to an early grave.

[@christianpalmer]

@@justicartiberius8782 yeah soviets we're evil scumbags

[@user-dg9hq8uz3g]

​@@justicartiberius8782 deserved.

[@santafealltheway2791]

As a son of parents who were from the GREATEST GENERATION, I Thank you with eternal graditude to all who served and sacrificed.Lest we never forget. 🇺🇸 God Bless America 🇺🇸.

[@79klkw]

Incredible to hear from someone who lived it❤ love this generation, they're priceless, today❤

[@godschild8756]

Appreciate what you did for your country.

[@ryanellis2502]

@@DanSopranos No one said he was, they thanked him for his service.

[@morpheusgreene2704]

@@DanSopranos hes on my team so im grateful that he helped us win. simple as that.

[@morpheusgreene2704]

@@DanSopranos I'm thanking him for being part of a war that brought prosperity to the US on a scale never before seen in human history. Whether that was the right thing to do or not is hardly my concern, since it already happened well before I was born.

[@morpheusgreene2704]

@@DanSopranos lmao

[@georgeleinberger8670]

My wife’s mother was a 6 year old girl when the Germans occupied the Netherlands. She told us that food was scarce but she and her friends would often approach German soldiers and tell them they were hungry. The soldiers would give them sweets (often from their own rations) and a pat on the head before they sent them on their way.

[@JackHeltsley]

There's good people everywhere it's the leaders and their subordinates who tend to abuse power and turn into control freaks

[@samuelluria4744]

What a bunch of sweethearts.

[@charrua59]

Lucky for them it wasn't the russians

[@samuelluria4744]

@@charrua59 - Derrr, Germans and Russians, and everyone else, do the same thing to girls in war. Grow up.

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

In Belgium, i also heard from German soldiers, giving food, like bread and sweets ( kookies, hard cookies, like a real stuffed meal to cover your hunger ).

[@MichaelGronski]

Thank you for your service young man!!!😊❤

[@canjian1783]

My grandfather held no animosity against the German people, even the soldiers. He said they were just regular guys like us who didn't want to be there. He held those in charge on both sides who couldn't prevent it accountable.

[@suecunningham3131]

Peace be with you and yours ☯️☮️🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏻💞🌍😇😇🌻

[@RenaudKyoku]

My grand father explained to me that during WW1 (yeah, it's old), my great-grandfather had tea with the German officer and they went along fine, but when the orders came through, they had to go back to their positions and fire at each other. If it wasn't for politicians, there would not be wars (well, most of the time anyway)

[@shroomer8294]

Humans when you draw a line in between and tell them it makes them different

[@beatricemarquez5861]

Thank you for your service n God bless you!

[@donaldfeger91]

Thank You for your sacrifice GodBless!

[@Crawdaddy_Ro]

That man deserves our respect.

[@peter455sd]

Nowadays,if you want to know history,the only people you can trust is old people,they know the truth.

[@bolbol2580]

Stuff like this makes you remember that there is always more good people than bad ones.

[@HardHardMaster]

*Stalin entered the chat

[@njjeff201]

Bless our Vets. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@degrelle4ever931]

Especially our German vets.

[@justa.american8303]

Thank you for your service!

[@learning1646]

God bless you sir and thank you for service sir