Captain wilm hosenfeld what happened to roger

Entry from Wilm Hosenfeld’s diary reporting on Jews being murdered, June 16, 1943 . I am not surprised by this. What will be done with them is already known, despite all secrecy. But I can’t believe it. Every day German soldiers are killed; but it will still be worse and we have no right to complain.

I think this is foolish and stupid. He even joined the Nazi party NSDAP in 1935, probably impressed by the "Law for the Creation of the Army" of March 1935, with which Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles. In January 1945, Hosenfeld was taken prisoner by the Soviets and sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1950 on charges that he interrogated prisoners during the Warsaw Uprising and sent them to detention.

Last Sunday, at the opening ceremony, the commander had himself represented, the chief of staff also made excuses; at last, an old major was found who had to do it. In any case, the Jews disappear. He was never to leave the hospital again; on August 13 he suffered a rupture of the aorta, which caused his death within minutes at the age of 57.

Already in these first moments on Polish soil, the still German non-commissioned officer showed his humanity and his ability to interpret his military orders with a wide berth: although it was forbidden, he allowed family members to visit the prisoners. January 18-22, 1942

The National Socialist Revolution bears the stamp of half-measures in everything.

We have brought upon ourselves an indelible infamy, an indelible curse. They break with Christianity and wage a war of extermination against it with the goal of its total eradication. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2004, S. 574-576; 657-658; 630-631; 652-653.