The Last World War II U-Boat Commander Has Died at 105

Wow, what a life.

indeed....a long eventful life

Fascinating article indeed. I can only hope that I make it to 105!

Guess what... It was reported that those Germans on YT have censored that video...

I'm not surprised one bit when you consider the current political climate there.

When I was dating my future wife she took me home to meet her parents and one of the first things I noticed at their house was a photograph of a strikingly handsome young man wearing a kreigsmarine uniform,
Turns out he was my wife's grandfather, an Austrian who served in the U-boat service. His sub was sunk and he was one of the few to survive, exiting via a torpedo tube in his survival gear. When he reached the surface the crewman who had left just before him was floating dead on the surface. Amazing that he survived. After the war he moved to Connecticut and when my mother-in-law was 5 years old he took his own life. Likely he struggled with PTSD as so many others from that time must have, and for whom there was no support or treatment other than the local VFW bar. Not being American, that means of support was not even available to him.
He shouldn't have survived that sinking, and I can't help but think how, if that unlikely miracle had not taken place, my wife and my two kids, who I love more than anything else and who mean the world to me, would not exist.

Not just YT.

Toy UFO taken off shelves for ‘teaching kids that Nazis achieved space travel’
http://archive.is/9B5zO#selection-779.0-778.1

Would you care to explain what their "current political climate there" has to do with anything about Reinhard Hardegen?

Simple. The fact that in Germany today it is considered a taboo to mention anything remotely positive or conciliatory towards anyone who served in the armed forces during WW 2. In fact, pretty much anything military related is frown upon by a significant part of German society. That’s what I mean by “current political climate”.

Understood. And agreed!

I feel very lucky to be a cosmopolitan world-citizen - and I could mention that we have sure enough problems in Mexico.

But the Germans appear extremely naive and brainwashed.

Solamente mis dos centavos.

You should call this good old anglo-saxon reeducation.
Best wishes to you, wherever you currently are.

CATFISH!

How nice to read from you. I remember our visit to U-995 two years ago - when we were the only two left of our group who were still discussing inside the U-Boot :=)

I hope you are doing good, I had already expected you to show up and join, but that has never happened.

See you in two years then...