Two German men in their 90ies charged with killing Jews at Stutthof

You can read about the German men, charged with crimes at Stutthof, in the news at

https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-charges-ex-nazi-camp-guards-over-hundreds-of-deaths/

Many years ago, I wrote the following about the Nazi camp called Stutthof on my website:

Begin quote from my scrapbookpages.com website:

Some of the Jews who were selected for slave labor were sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria and its sub-camps where they worked in German aircraft factories.

Others were sent to the Stutthof camp near Danzig, according to Martin Gilbert, who wrote the following in his book entitled “Holocaust”:

Begin quote from Martin Gilbert:

On June 17 Veesenmayer telegraphed to Berlin that 340,142 Hungarian Jews had now been deported. A few were relatively fortunate to be selected for the barracks, or even moved out altogether to factories and camps in Germany. On June 19 some 500 Jews, and on June 22 a thousand, were sent to work in factories in the Munich area. […] Ten days later, the first Jews, 2500 women, were deported from Birkenau to Stutthof concentration camp. From Stutthof, they were sent to several hundred factories in the Baltic region. But most Jews sent to Birkenau continued to be gassed.

End quote

The above quote seems to indicate that Stutthof was not a place where Jews were sent to be killed.

“Erika” Afrikaans

 

I blogged about another rendition of this song which you can view here:

https://furtherglory.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/auf-der-heide-bluht-ein-kleines-blumelein/

I like this new version of a classic German marching song.

Rommel was noted for being a very handsome man, as shown in the photo below:

Great footage of Rommel in this rendition.

Below are the lyrics if you would like to sing along!  You can also read about this song on Wikipedia by following the link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_(song)

Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt: Erika. Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein wird umschwärmt Erika denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit, zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid. Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt: Erika.	On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it’s called Erika. Eagerly a hundred thousand little bees, swarm around Erika. For her heart is full of sweetness, a tender scent escapes her blossom-gown. On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it’s called Erika.
In der Heimat wohnt ein kleines Mägdelein und das heißt: Erika. Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein und mein Glück, Erika. Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht, singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied. Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt: Erika.	Back at home, there lives a little maiden and she’s called Erika. That girl is my faithful little darling and my joy, Erika! When the heather blooms in a reddish purple, I sing her this song in greeting. On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it’s called Erika.
In mein’m Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein und das heißt: Erika. Schon beim Morgengrau’n sowie beim Dämmerschein schaut’s mich an, Erika. Und dann ist es mir, als spräch’ es laut: “Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?” In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein und das heißt: Erika.	In my room, there also blooms a little flower and it’s called Erika. Already In the grey of dawn, as it does at dusk, It looks at me, Erika! And then it’s to me as if it’s saying aloud: “Are you thinking of your fiancée?” Back at home, a maiden weeps for you and she’s called Erika.

The stairs of death at Mauthausen

My photo of the famous stairs of death at Mauthausen

The first thing that I do every morning, when I turn on my computer, is to check to see what the readers of my blog are reading now.

This morning I learned that my readers are mainly interested in the former Nazi concentration camp at Mauthausen.

You can read about Mauthausen on my website at http://www.scrapbookpages.com/Mauthausen/Quarry/StairsOfDeath01.html

Mauthausen is famous for the “stairs of death” which are shown in my photo above.