History The Plans to Assassinate Hitler

My stepfather was in the German army during WW2. He said he had the choice of Argentina or Canada. Take that for whatever it’s worth.
I wonder why Canada was in the choice. Since they were with the allies during WW2
 
I wonder why Canada was in the choice. Since they were with the allies during WW2
After WW2 the allies were somewhat OK with immigration if they were able bodied and younger. A lot of youth were conscripted. My stepfather was 18 in 1945. He temporarily bartered fruit until he qualified to migrate as a citizen of Canada. Was shot by a Russian trying to protect his sister.
 
After WW2 the allies were somewhat OK with immigration if they were able bodied and younger. A lot of youth were conscripted. My stepfather was 18 in 1945. He temporarily bartered fruit until he qualified to migrate as a citizen of Canada. Was shot by a Russian trying to protect his sister.

I was with riding back home with my great-uncle Bjorn, when we found an older couple stuck on the side of the road. This was in Finley, North Dakota.

They had a blown tire. The gentleman appeared to be the same age as Bjorn, and not in the best health. They had an obvious German accent. We offered to change the tire, which was happily accepted. After the job was done, Bjorn invited them home for lunch.

During lunch, we discovered Helmut and his wife were visiting from Canada.

To make a long story short, Helmut was in the Wermacht, and had fought in the same battle (Hurtgen Forest) as my grandfather and himself.

No hard feelings on both sides. They had more in common with each other out of the four of us.
 
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After WW2 the allies were somewhat OK with immigration if they were able bodied and younger. A lot of youth were conscripted. My stepfather was 18 in 1945. He temporarily bartered fruit until he qualified to migrate as a citizen of Canada. Was shot by a Russian trying to protect his sister.

Why was he messing with the Russian's sister?
 
I was with riding back home with my great-uncle Bjorn, when we found an older couple stuck on the side of the road. This was in Finley, North Dakota.

They had a blown tire. The gentleman appeared to be the same age as Bjorn, and not in the best health. They had an obvious German accent. We offered to change the tire, which was happily accepted. After the job was done, Bjorn invited them home for lunch.

During lunch, we discovered Helmut and his wife were visiting from Canada.

To make a long story short, Helmut was in the Wermacht, and had fought in the same battle (Hurtgen Forest) as my grandfather and himself.

No hard feelings on both sides. They had more in common with each other out of the four of us.

World would do better with some understanding. I absolutely hate when people evoke the Hitler name (my stepfather did too). Diminishes the incredible loss from that time. I asked him once what the most fucked up thing he saw was. I doubt I got the real answer but his was just as horrible. Said that they used to have radios that could easily tune to allied airwaves. At any given point they could have listened in, but it was an instant death sentence if caught. Had a cousin they were trying to smuggle out of the country and the radio was the only way to catch coordinates. Intense stuff.
 
Hitler died in the bunker. Executed or suicided. He was buried in a common grave near the bunker.

All else is fantasy.
 
I think it was suicide. It's amazing how well US intelligence had Hitler pegged, they predicted years before he'd kill himself at the end. We tend to look back on previous generations as if they were ignorant but someone was using their heads in some of these cases. They didn't just jump to conclusions out of ignorance like a lot of people do today. When they interned the Japanese they put real thought behind it and whether you agree with their conclusions or not, they felt that Japanese culture was such that it was a risk having them out on the west coast. I was shocked when I learned that the Japanese on the other side of the country were let alone.

What would have happened had they not done any of this? I suppose there would have been a few spies and operatives just as there were Germans and Italians but probably not enough to justify locking up all of them. It was true that the Japanese worshipped the emperor and it was very true that Japanese culture was serious hierarchal and very structured. You know, the japanese saying, "it's the nail that sticks up that gets hammered down" was serious business with the Japanese, still is in the work world there.
 
After WW2 the allies were somewhat OK with immigration if they were able bodied and younger. A lot of youth were conscripted. My stepfather was 18 in 1945. He temporarily bartered fruit until he qualified to migrate as a citizen of Canada. Was shot by a Russian trying to protect his sister.
Not having delved into it I would assume everyone able bodied were conscripted.
I was born there but having only gone back a handful of times I have limited German knowledge. My grandpa was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross being he was shot out of the sky twice and did all the photography recon for The Dam Busters. Pretty much RAF royalty, my mum's dad who I never met fought in the war too. I've recently inherited his army uniform stripes which I've framed.
 
My stepfather was in the German army during WW2. He said he had the choice of Argentina or Canada. Take that for whatever it’s worth.
general rule of thumb is that you first evade to the nearest impartial/safe or nuetral country. So anyone fleeing would have to be smuggled to the nearest neutral zone en-route to the Americas. But the UK is the only country there so it's a mystery as to where they could have gone.
 
general rule of thumb is that you first evade to the nearest impartial/safe or nuetral country. So anyone fleeing would have to be smuggled to the nearest neutral zone en-route to the Americas. But the UK is the only country there so it's a mystery as to where they could have gone.
I'm confused, what do you mean?
 
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