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Albert Brecher

last name:

Brecher

first name:

Albert

born:

1920-04-18

affiliation:

NordtirolerIn

last change:

Wed Nov 04 13:58:24 UTC 2020

place of work

Grinzens

milieu

rural

place of residence

Grinzens

biography

is born on 18/04/1920 in Grinzens. His parents (.. Father: Grinzens, Farmer, born 1890, mother: Grinzens geb.1882 farmer's wife) have six children (born 1914 Sister Marianna, Franz 1916 Webmaster, Hedwig 1921 housewife; Josef Bauer 1923, Agnes 1925 housewife) and live as Farmers on the inherited from generation to generation, from the courtyard of the famous legends, "Tiefenlehner". As a child he has an accident while threshing grain and lose a finger. Until the entry into the Army in 1940, he worked on the family farm. In 1943 he was severely wounded in Russia, a year later in Normandy. In 1945 he briefly comes into American captivity and to his brother's return from the war remains on the family farm. In 1946, he is applying to customs and customs police official. Albert provides its service at the railway customs office and in mountain top on the burner. With his wife Hedwig, he has five (Maria, Monika, Siegfried, Margaret and Otto) children. He is an avid beekeeper, cross-country skiers and founder of the Winter Sports Club Grinzens. Albert is proud Tyrolean shooter and can be "a little Italian."

videos

Education with the Waffenrad

My shrapnel in the head

It was like doomsday

I had a comrade

The Americans were already in Zirl

Hungry in captivity

Cripple at state expense

Award for frostbite

Poverty by 1000 - Mark - lock

When the light is absorbed

As it ripped people

The SS - a separate breed

Father in the war on Pasubio

fired from aircraft

Behind each one is behind it

The smugglers of Obernberg

nch guard, hands up!

From Smuggler King

Mother was a laundress

Swastikas on Seegrube

It will be sorted out quickly

Ich hätte gerne ein Mädl gehabt

Vom Bienenstaat_1

Vom Bienenstaat2

Vom Bienenstaat4

Hay in the summer draw

Larks in heaven

Child labor - as normal

Tragflügelboot im Brunnentrog

Education unimportant

Aus dem Schullesebuch

Sheep herding - no school

Russlands lausige Kälte

Hose runer - wusch

inally a fountain

Life without bathroom

I am a "Schütze"

We knew about the concentration camps

When splitting wood came the "Anschluss"

Coupons for conformists

"Unworthy" life

When smugglers to be tough

shot dead by smugglers

Life without fingers

Pull hay in winter

What have we eaten on the day

Evening and dinner after work

If we can resist?

Again right pig roast

Entertainment of the boys

Barefoot in the field

The beloved cow

Hitler easy game

images

Prayer Mountain

Albert Brecher auf der Alm

Albert Brecher hoch über Innsbruck

Aus dem ersten Krieg

Es wird immer strenger in der Kaserne

Albert Brecher bei der Wehrmacht

Das eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse

Albert Brecher 1

Albert Brecher 2

Waiting for the first questions

A photo of our childhood

Alberts gestures

Interview with Albert

Albert Brecher und sein Mikro

Ausblick bei Brecher