JG26 Siegfried Sy - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

NickM · #6 10th February 2008, 19:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Caldwell

Siegfried Sy never published his memoir. He wrote it for his family (who didn't care) and gave me a partial copy shortly before he died in the '80s. The original would be worth a fortune to the collector crowd today, but I'm sure it was destroyed by his family.

Horrido!

Don Caldwell

Don:

Agreed that it stinks that Sy's memoirs will never see the light of day in it's entirety; you say his family 'didn't care' about it---I was wondering if you got the impression they held his work & war experiences in contempt or that they really were indifferent to it;

NM

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