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<blockquote data-quote="Mr-shifter" data-source="post: 311881" data-attributes="member: 4949"><p>Correct. Without hijacking the thread too much my mothers dad was German. He was orphaned at the age of three under very suspicious circumstances. His dad left the family one day and his mother was discovered dead in her bed. Him and his siblings were split up and he ended up as being free labour on a farm with his foster parents. When his education finished he joined the kriegsmarine to get away and ended up as a watchman on a u boat. </p><p></p><p>The boat he was on is at the bottom of the English chanel. By pure miracle all hands survived and were picked up out of the sea by the navy. He then spent the rest of the war firstly as a pow in the South East where he met my nan, followed by a year in southern America picking cotton and tobacco. When the war ended he was given three choices. Apply for immigration to America, return to Germany or return to England. Since he had already met my nan and had very little left for him in Germany, he resettled in England, found my nan again and the rest is history. </p><p></p><p>There is a lot more to the story in terms of details. He is my hero. All his life he faced adversity and yet he kept going.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr-shifter, post: 311881, member: 4949"] Correct. Without hijacking the thread too much my mothers dad was German. He was orphaned at the age of three under very suspicious circumstances. His dad left the family one day and his mother was discovered dead in her bed. Him and his siblings were split up and he ended up as being free labour on a farm with his foster parents. When his education finished he joined the kriegsmarine to get away and ended up as a watchman on a u boat. The boat he was on is at the bottom of the English chanel. By pure miracle all hands survived and were picked up out of the sea by the navy. He then spent the rest of the war firstly as a pow in the South East where he met my nan, followed by a year in southern America picking cotton and tobacco. When the war ended he was given three choices. Apply for immigration to America, return to Germany or return to England. Since he had already met my nan and had very little left for him in Germany, he resettled in England, found my nan again and the rest is history. There is a lot more to the story in terms of details. He is my hero. All his life he faced adversity and yet he kept going. [/QUOTE]
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