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Originally Posted by Frank_Olynyk
Lawrence,
Can you tell me anything about the autobiography of  Willy Rosenstein that you mentioned? Title, publisher, date, etc.
Frank. |
With pleasure Frank. Willy typed his autobiography while he was imprisoned in a detention camp in South Africa. It is 19 pages long and has never, to the best of my knowledge, been published. He was suspected of being a Nazi because of his connection in the 1st WW with Goering. He states flatly that he never had any further contact with Goering ever. How the 'help' came about was through a chance meeting with a fellow pilot from his old squadron (27) who had remained friends with Goering and insisted that Goering should clear the path for him. Willy thought that this was just talk, but he received a letter from H.G's secretary a week later to say that he would not be restrained from leaving the country, which proved to be true.
Willy could not understand why he was suspected of being a Nazi -his only son Ernst joined the SAAF airforce at the age of 19 -the address of his Father stated on his application form was the detention camp. Ernst was later seconded to the RAF and he was KIA in Milan in April 1945. Only then was his Father released from 'control'.
Lawrence