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Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Friday, December 5, 2025

The Bensheim-Auerbach Military Cemetery

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  The Bensheim-Auerbach Military Cemetery sits on the wooded slope of the Kirchberg above Auerbach , a district of Bensheim in Hesse , an...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

KZ--Aussenstelle Walldorf Labor Camp

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  KZ-Außenstelle Walldorf was one of the lesser-known but brutally efficient satellite camps of Natzweiler-Struthof , created during the fin...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Renting a Bike from Olek's Radsport

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While staying in Darmstadt I rented a bicycle at Olek's Radsport in Einhausen. They still rent road bikes, not just city bikes or e-bike...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

Deutsche Panzer Museum--World War II Tanks

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Panzer I, the little tank with no cannon and two machine guns that was the majority of the tanks used in the invasion of Poland and France. ...
Friday, July 16, 2021

Surviving War and Terror: Sister Hildegard

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Sister Hildegard in her apartment On my second day in Dresden, I met Sister Hildegard.  She is 84 and has lived in Dresden all of her long l...
Friday, July 28, 2017

Back in Touch with My Cold War Motorhead

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1968 Renault 16TS, 4-speed on the column. The second car I owned while stationed in West Germany, 1976-79 My 20-country tour across ...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

Going to Fulda from the East

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One of eight local trains I took for the trip from Berlin to Darmstadt My first visit to Fulda in 40 years was from the East. It was s...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Cold War Draft Army: Best Army I Served In

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Cold War Training Exercise Since my first enlistment in 1972, I served in three different armies.  I first enlisted during the draft near ...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Americans in West Germany During the Cold War: Don't Piss Off the Polezei!

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During the height of the Cold War in the 70s and 80s, West Germany had a higher population of American citizens than ten states.   One ...