Military service .281943.E2.80.931945.29 Early life of Pope Benedict XVI

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in 1943, when 16, joseph ratzinger drafted many of classmates luftwaffenhelfer program. posted first ludwigsfeld, north of munich, part of detachment responsible guarding bmw aircraft engine plant. next sent unterföhring, northwest of munich, , briefly innsbruck. innsbruck unit went gilching protect jet fighter base , attack allied bombers massed begin runs towards munich. @ gilching, ratzinger served in telephone communications post. on 10 september 1944, class released corps. returning home, ratzinger had received new draft notice reichsarbeitsdienst. posted hungarian border area of austria had been annexed germany in anschluss of 1938. when hungary occupied red army ratzinger put work setting anti-tank defences in preparation expected red army offensive.


on 20 november 1944, unit released service. joseph ratzinger again returned home. after 3 weeks passed, drafted german army @ munich , assigned infantry barracks in center of traunstein, city near family lived. after basic infantry training, served @ various posts around city unit. never sent front. in late april or may, shortly before germany s surrender, deserted. desertions widespread during last weeks of war, although deserters subject death if caught. however, diminished morale , equally diminished risk of prosecution preoccupied , disorganized german military contributed growing wave of soldiers looking toward self-preservation. left city of traunstein , headed nearby village. used little-known road hoping through unmolested. but, walked out of railroad underpass, 2 soldiers standing @ posts, , moment situation extremely exciting me. thank god they, too, had had fill of war , did not want become murderers. used excuse of arm being in sling let him go home.


soon after, 2 ss members given shelter @ ratzinger family house, , began make enquiries presence there of young man of military age. joseph ratzinger, sr. made clear these ss men ire against adolf hitler, 2 disappeared next day without taking action against ratzinger family. cardinal ratzinger wrote in memoirs: special angel seemed guarding us.


when americans arrived in village, identified soldier, had put on uniform had abandoned, had raise hands , join steadily growing throng of war prisoners whom lining on our meadow. cut mother s heart see boy , rest of defeated army standing there, exposed uncertain fate... ratzinger briefly interned in pow camp near ulm , released on 19 june 1945. , young man began walk 120 km (75 mi) home got lift traunstein in milk truck. family reunited when brother, georg, returned after being released pow camp in italy.








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