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Old 18th February 2010, 08:35
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Re: German survivors of Stalingrad

It's definitely not too late to find any.

One, Former Panzer Captain Winrich Behr, is 92-years old. He tried, in vain, to convince Hitler that the 6th Army's circumstances were hopeless. He has a Wiki page. Anthony Beevor interviewed him in the mid-1990's for his book Stalingrad. I googled some of the other survivors in Beevor's book, and so far he's the only one I found still living.

But there are certain to be a few more. If 5,000 Germans returned from Russia in the 1950's, and one half of a percent of them is still living, that's still 25 men. It's been 67 years since the battle, and the youngest would be in their mid-eighties, but many people live that long - some despite having lived very difficult lives.

This doesn't include the lucky Germans who, due to wounds, specialties, or circumstances, were flown out early and escaped Soviet captivity.

I don't know how you'd find them, but I'm sure they're out there.

Good luck.

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