[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Brad Haslett]

Ben,

Don't know the answer to your question but here ya go-

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Patton-Ladislas-Farago/dp/0425088456

Your suggestion sounds interesting and I'll put it in the que. I tend
to read in binges and I haven't touched WW2 for several years. Maybe
it is time for a revisit. I'm kind of stuck in the 70's right now with
Nixon, Ford, and Carter.  At least I'm not wearing the same clothes as
I did back then.  How embarrassing those old photos are! My first
flying job out of HS was for a company whose airplane I used to work
on.  The CEO gave me five bucks one time to get a haircut.  I can't
tell you where the money went on a family board.  I did get a haircut
when I showed-up on his payroll.

Brad

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> wrote:
>
> Brad;
>
> Not to the point, but Farago's book "Patton-Ordeal and Triumph" is my
> favorite biography.  I have two first editions of that book.  I don't
> remember the title you mention; was it a follow-up, was it published under a
> different title, or did Farago write two separate Patton books?
>
> Ben C
>
> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>
>> You've heard the story here before.  The book "Last Days of Patton" by
>> Ladislas Farago mentions a Hans Weindl in the acknowledgments and
>> tells the story of Hans in the first chapter remembering Patton
>> driving through Bad Tolz with the claxon horns blaring.  Bad Tolz was
>> the site of the SS training camp and was headquarters for Patton after
>> WW2 until his death.  Hans (now deceased) was the step-father of my
>> ex-wife and we vacationed every year in Bad Tolz. Hans and I got into
>> a lot of trouble together combining long nights, German beer, and war
>> stories.  His father was Chief of Police of Bad Tolz and when Hans
>> came home from a Hitler Youth meeting in the closing days of the war
>> with an antiquated rifle, his father took away his gun and locked him
>> in the attic until the American tanks rolled into town.  Where was I
>> going with this?  Oh yeah, it is official now.  This thing has morphed
>> into a freaking cult.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9b0xr06qA
>>
>> Brad
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