Felix served in the military in WWII. He was captured by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and was a prisoner of war for several years. He was in very bad health after his release and returned home. Felix was never shy about talking about his war experiences and told many tales about his life as a prisoner. The one remembered vividly was about being marched through the frigid weather as the Germans took them to the prison camp. He said they were so hungry that they would have eaten rats if they had been available, but there weren't any because the starving German people had already eaten them. He also told about the French Resistance sneaking food to the prisoners. Felix said one of the French women sneaked him Limburger chesse through the wire fence. He said it smelled so bad that he had to keep his distance from the guards so they wouldn't find out that they had gotten food from the French people. Felix also spoke German but couldn't let the guards know or they might have used hims against his own fellow solders.
Felix served in the military in WWII. He was captured by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and was a prisoner of war for several years. He was in very bad health after his release and returned home. Felix was never shy about talking about his war experiences and told many tales about his life as a prisoner. The one remembered vividly was about being marched through the frigid weather as the Germans took them to the prison camp. He said they were so hungry that they would have eaten rats if they had been available, but there weren't any because the starving German people had already eaten them. He also told about the French Resistance sneaking food to the prisoners. Felix said one of the French women sneaked him Limburger chesse through the wire fence. He said it smelled so bad that he had to keep his distance from the guards so they wouldn't find out that they had gotten food from the French people. Felix also spoke German but couldn't let the guards know or they might have used hims against his own fellow solders.
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Siblings shown are named Trebings - not Kramers; wrong parents linked
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