103-year-old contemporary witness talks about World War II

A 103-year-old war veteran talks about World War II. This 103-year-old contemporary witness was born in 1921 and had to take part in the Western Campaign in France in 1940. The 103-year-old war veteran and athlete was then shipped to Africa in 1941. During the North Africa campaign in 1941, he was taken prisoner of war. After a few months as a prisoner of war in Egypt, he was shipped to Australia as a prisoner of war on the RMS Queen Elizabeth. From 1941 to 1947, i.e. for 6 years, the 103-year-old war veteran was held as a prisoner of war.

Disclaimer: This interview, as part of our peace project, serves exclusively for historical documentation and for 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 relativisation or denial of the Holocaust, as well as from other extremist views.