JUNKERS

josef · 04-26-2004, 03:43 PM

This is true, all firearms had to be surrendered. My family are from the Czech Republic, outside of their village is this lake surrounded by woods and pasture. At the end of the war, all German soldiers were instructed, over a two week period, to gather in this field and await capture by the Red Army. In this lake, and surrounding areas, I have found many awards, equipment, personal effects, ect. including some firearms. Soldiers obviously dumped alot of their items prior to capture. My Great Uncle was found with a small pistol on the last few days of the war by the Germans, was locked in the local jail awaiting apparent execution, but managed to escape when the Soviets bombed the village. He apparently died from botchelism only a year after the war's end, eating cans of leftover German meat rations.

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04-26-2004, 03:43 PM	#16
josef User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: CANADA Posts: 194 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	This is true, all firearms had to be surrendered. My family are from the Czech Republic, outside of their village is this lake surrounded by woods and pasture. At the end of the war, all German soldiers were instructed, over a two week period, to gather in this field and await capture by the Red Army. In this lake, and surrounding areas, I have found many awards, equipment, personal effects, ect. including some firearms. Soldiers obviously dumped alot of their items prior to capture. My Great Uncle was found with a small pistol on the last few days of the war by the Germans, was locked in the local jail awaiting apparent execution, but managed to escape when the Soviets bombed the village. He apparently died from botchelism only a year after the war's end, eating cans of leftover German meat rations.