Frater, Ave Atque Vale

Frater, Ave Atque Vale is the story of a German soldier from Friedrichshafen, Wuerrtemburg, named Albert Vogel. The story focuses upon his take on life during the third reich. It spans from the invasion of France to the inside of a Tiger 1 Tank roaring through Russia in 1941 and to the constant fear over his shoulder in the post war era and the Berlin Uprising of 1953. Transcribed from interviews taken by a college student in Detroit, Michigan from 1974 to 1978.

Part 1, Chapter 1 -- Early Encounters

Let's start this simply and without fanfare, for now that I am able to write it down and present it to the public, he would have liked it to be nothing more than the truth.

Part 1, Chapter 3 -- The Need to Know

Over the next month, as the due date for the assignment drew ever closer, I found myself having multiple meetings a week over at Mrs.