German POWs returning home (1944)

WW2 footage. German Wartime Newsreel.

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[quest8899]

They look like they just got back from vacation.

[calibre9mm]

haha germans with mexican hats...didnt see that coming

[binaway]

In the 19th century a Germany writer produced a lot of books about the US Wild West from stories he heard from returned German immigrants. The German immigrant was always the hero, the Indian portrayed as the noble savage & the Anglo American always the baddy. During communism in East Germany the party allowed people to join a wild west movement with Germans dressed as Indians, war paint, feathers the lot & staged huge pow wows base on the books. As nothing else was allowed it was fun

[s6u6r6f6]

Pass the word Kameraden.

Americans have guns, cars, trucks and plenty of food....and thats just the civilians.

Stupid Krauts...what were they thinking starting another war they couldnt win

[Lockbar]

Considering the war was going to be over in a year, I bet the Germans with the Mexican hats wished they has stayed in Mexico.

[historatia]

@romanlegions Don't be ridiculous. Your view of German civilization seeks to have been shaped by too much Hollywood. This type of Goebbels propaganda is most interesting since it emulates what Richard Nixon would would do 28 years later on getting back his POW's from Hanoi.

[bv141a]

@Piquete the Germans came to Mexico after the first ww,when Germans had to leave their colonial homes abroad,either go back home,or emigrate somewhere else[Mexico]

[Piquete]

@bioha2ar3 Thanks for the info. Im from Mexico City and I always wondered why here so many families here are of german origin.

[bioha2ar3]

Some Germans actually fled to Mexico before the Americans could get them. Mexico welcomed the german soldiers in whenever needed.

[VitaminsAndPiss]

@romanlegions No, that Allied propaganda has just gotten to your little head.

[romanlegions]

Wait a minute, what date in 44 did this happen? I thought that POWs were forbidden under Hitler, i understand they were to be shot and family punished in later 45, but 44?

Doubt that the soldiers would be treated as that big of a fanfare if the public knew they surrendered to the "untermenscht" or the inferior races. Would the majority of these POWs be from the western fronts?

[MrJimmyboy1972]

@calibre9mm thats the panchovillastandarte ss they bombard their enemies with chili and jalopenas until they either give up or go for the bicarb.