From: Tim Merry (timmerry@MITMANIA.NET.AU)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 16:39:05 PST
I can confirm what Ron Gillen told us in his message of 5 Feb: ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Gillen To: MEMORIES@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 2:51 PM Subject: Re: Specifics on H_tler Youth, Please I have also been told that in defense of german soil the Hitler Youth fought against US infantry and tanks. (snip) I kept a diary during this period: here's a brief extract - "11th April,1945. Wednesday At about 11.30 at night we reached Halle, and leaguered up in a farm yard. At first light next morning we ran a few miles down the road to the fairly large village of Enger......... In the school we found lots of Hitler Youth kit. Uniforms of all sorts and colours; rifles and bayonets (which we broke up); and practice grenades, which I suppose from an early age the brats are taught to throw. The whole affair was very military." Tim (late of British 7th Armd Div.) timmerry@mitmania.net.au