Harry Burger - An SS soldier captured and killed
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Harry Burger - An SS soldier captured and killed
Harry Burger - An SS soldier captured and killed
Transcript: Then we met a lot of prisoners and I was chosen to translate the interrogation because of my German and I remember we had one guy obersturmerfuhrer, that's a high-ranking officer, was brought in as a prisoner and interrogated begun and I talked with him very friendly. Finally the conversation came about that I was Jewish and he was incredibly mean. Said, "You son's of bitches. We killed 2 million of you already and you are next." Now I got a little bit angry, that you don't do that when you're a prisoner and I finally said to him, "I tell you what. You pick yourself and you run away." And he did. He got up and ran away and I shot him in the head, and it was the greatest pleasure I could have. This was the first time that we learned about extermination camps.
Transcript: Then we met a lot of prisoners and I was chosen to translate the interrogation because of my German and I remember we had one guy obersturmerfuhrer, that's a high-ranking officer, was brought in as a prisoner and interrogated begun and I talked with him very friendly. Finally the conversation came about that I was Jewish and he was incredibly mean. Said, "You son's of bitches. We killed 2 million of you already and you are next." Now I got a little bit angry, that you don't do that when you're a prisoner and I finally said to him, "I tell you what. You pick yourself and you run away." And he did. He got up and ran away and I shot him in the head, and it was the greatest pleasure I could have. This was the first time that we learned about extermination camps.