Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Grinzens

2008-07-07

I had a colleague who was platoon leader, I was at the heavy machine gun squad leader. And he was wounded just after me well, one has got Lungendurchschuss. Then we have another four hours in the bunker located inside, where the artillery observer was in it. And at the end, the artillery observer then returned with a telephone, he has observed previously directed the artillery fire. We must reduce and now the Russians are only 50 meters from the bunker. Then I could not go himself to keep his head and such. can about the dead colleagues, severely wounded, where we not help, must step over by the trench. And my colleagues, the Gins John of Rechnitz, they have carried back with the stretcher. And back, about a mile further on a tank ditch was dug, where the Russian tanks drive through can not equal. And there, perhaps 20, 30 yards behind, they have the? my colleagues - are posed and went back into position. And I have stayed with him. Then he asked me, I will see to it that his two carry on. I have found no one. After fifteen minutes, I'm standing with him? I do not want to leave him alone, although I myself was also badly damaged, then the last man came to our train and who has helped me then. Then I could carry it 20 feet, then I have not made it, then I placed him back. Then again weiter.So 200 meters, we are then gone. Then the last horse-drawn wagon from the field kitchen, perhaps 50 or 80 meters laterally past us back. In the gallop back. And then my colleague has called, who has helped me. And then come and someone has replaced me. As I am out of the bunker? since a building is totally in the earth was in it, with trees all over it and then piled a meter or Earth, so the shells can not penetrate. And as I said, I'm out of the bunker then - that's so up and then along the trench. Since I had to throw up, so where they say, as one is used: "Schpeibn miaßn i han." And then, as we are with the horse and cart back, I again have to vomit. And as a launcher battery has been standing where we are over. And the gin John, the Burgenland was so totally red with blood. And then one has gsagt: "Throw the down but, to be dead anyway" Then I thought: I hope it's not the same. So there is a humanity no longer there. Since there is only survival.