webr55 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 ... does anyone recognize him? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Ja It's Willi Brandt, got the same photo (Without his bride)regardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 Guess you don't mean Brandt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Guess you don't mean Brandt....Sorry you've lost meregardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 Brandt was in exile during WW2, never a member of the Wehrmacht.RegardsChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Brandt was in exile during WW2, never a member of the Wehrmacht.RegardsChrisAhaa, so my answer is wrong then, (And also the picture I have), still it looks looks like him, Why was Brandt in exile? was it self imposed?regardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 ... does anyone recognize him? To all: Former Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt.Regards,slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) To all:Former Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt.Regards,slava1stclassAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh that's him, meant him all the time just got the name wrong! I'll have to change the name on my photo Edited August 5, 2008 by Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 Slava is correct. Here's a second pic of Oberleutnant Helmut Schmidt, taken in 1942. He's got the EK2, Eastern Front Medal (in the buttonhole), Sudeten medal and the Ground Combat Badge. Brandt was a member of the resistance against the Nazis. He went into exile in Norway and Sweden. For a short time in 1940, he was even a POW of the Germans, while fighting in Norwegian uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Slava is correct. Here's a second pic of Oberleutnant Helmut Schmidt, taken in 1942. He's got the EK2, Eastern Front Medal (in the buttonhole), Sudeten medal and the Ground Combat Badge. Brandt was a member of the resistance against the Nazis. He went into exile in Norway and Sweden. For a short time in 1940, he was even a POW of the Germans, while fighting in Norwegian uniform.Nice photo, thanks, interesting info about Brandt, being a prisoner against his own nation, did they know or just assume he was a Norwegian combatatant?regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 Nice photo, thanks, interesting info about Brandt, being a prisoner against his own nation, did they know or just assume he was a Norwegian combatatant?regardsThey didn't know - and he fled to Sweden in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 They didn't know - and he fled to Sweden in time.It would be interesting to postulate what would have happened if they had found out, presumably he would have been treated as a traitor and dealt with accordingley.regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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