100-Year-Old Witness Recounts World War II

100-year-old witness recounts World War II. This 100-year-old witness was born in 1924. At the age of 19, he was deployed to the Eastern Front in World War II in February 1944. After the 100-year-old witness was later deployed in house-to-house combat in Budapest in 1944/1945, he was wounded. As a wounded soldier, the witness born in 1924 became a Russian prisoner of war in 1945. From 1945 to 1948, the witness was forced to work in Sevastopol. From 1948 to 1950, he was held as a Russian prisoner of war in Stalingrad. In 1950, the 100-year-old witness returned home and met his wife there, to whom he has been married for over 71 years to this day.

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