100-year-old eyewitness recounts World War II

100-year-old eyewitness recounts World War II. This 100-year-old was born in 1925. As someone born in 1925, this now 100-year-old is one of the last contemporary witnesses of World War II. Thanks to the family’s trust, we were allowed to interview him as part of our peace project “Life Lessons from 100-Year-Olds” about his eyewitness account for a ‘Never Again’ message. At over 100 years old, he told us the following: – How he reached 100 years of age – How he experienced childhood at the beginning of National Socialism – How he experienced World War II on the front in Italy and on the Eastern Front in 1945. – How he survived more than 2 years of Soviet captivity – What we can do to preserve peace.

Disclaimer: This interview, conducted as part of our peace project, serves exclusively for historical documentation and learning from history. The content reflects personal memories and is placed in a contemporary historical context. I expressly distance myself from any form of glorification of National Socialist ideologies, the relativization or denial of the Holocaust, and other extremist views.