104-year-old war veteran recounts World War II

A 104-year-old war veteran recounts World War II. This 104-year-old eyewitness and passionate musician was drafted into military music in 1938 and took part in the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, at the start of World War II. In the winter of 1939/40, the 104-year-old was sent to the Eifel region and subsequently experienced the Battle of France and the Western campaign. The 104-year-old war veteran also witnessed the evacuation of the British and French across the Channel coast at Dunkirk. The 104-year-old eyewitness then had to serve on the Eastern Front against Russia (Operation Barbarossa) and reached as far as Maykop in the Caucasus. In 1944, he was stationed at Dunkirk again and actively experienced D-Day. During the retreat following D-Day (Operation Overlord), the now 104-year-old war veteran was seriously wounded. The 104-year-old experienced the end of the war in 1945 in a military hospital in his hometown of Wörgl.

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 within a contemporary historical context. I expressly distance myself from any form of glorification of National Socialist ideologies, the relativization or denial of the Holocaust, as well as other extremist views.