My brother's father-in-law was in the Luftwaffe.

[Swede]

He was captured in Stalingrad in 1942-43. In 1955 he walks through the door and my sis was born. I love me nephew and nieces,they all speak 3 languages and are dual citizens. Ain't life strange.

[HEyHEY]

1. What do you mean in 1955 he walks through the door?

Like AS your sister was being born?

[Swede]

2. He was a prisoner of war.

The Soviets kept some prisoners for decades. I meant my sis in law.

[Swede]

3. Hey Hey they all live in Calgary.

My bro was in the Military in West Germany when he met Marlise.

[Devil Dog Dem]

4. My cousin's father in law was in the Wermacht. Drafted at 14.

He was plucked off his farm and put in uniform toward the end of the war. He was a POW for years too.

He's a good man and I'd do anything for him.

[Swede]

5. My uncle killed many people on the other side.

It was war.

[Devil Dog Dem]

6. So did mine. Many Japanese at Iwo Jima.

He had no regrets. It WAS war.

[KDLarsen]

7. In my family..

.. my granddad on my mothers side spent some time in a Danish KZ camp. Apparently, his brother was working for the Danish resistance but was exposed. And when the Germans showed up at my great-grandparents, and couldn't find him, they took my granddad instead. It really shook him, so after the war they had very little contact.

My dad's girlfriends dad was also in a KZ camp, he was arrested as a member of the Danish police force in 1943. However, he seems quite open re. talking about it.