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Question to Staffelemblem of 6./KG 200 (Mistel)
A bit of topic, but....
Having received my copy of the Mistel-book by Robert Forsyth, I am puzzled about the Staffelemblem of the Mistels. It shows a son riding on fathers shoulders above the clouds. These characters known as "Father and Son" were invented by E.O.Plauen alias Ernst Ohser (of Plauen), a well known caricaturist, but accused by the Nazis for making "defeatist comments". One day before his trial should start at the Volksgerichtshof ("peoples justice court") he committed suicide. So these are the facts...
What I don't understand is, that a character invented by a known political opponent becomes an "official" sign for a Luftwaffe unit. Is this just a clue, that the Luftwaffe or a part of it did not care about politics?
Any comments?
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21st January 2005, 10:14
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