Welsh team played at Auschwitz Concentration

Did anyone see that story in the Wales on Sunday today. A remarkable story about a Newport County fan now in his early nineties who was imprisoned in Auschwitz. I personally didnt realise till I read this story that British POW were also kept in the camp but in another area compared to the Jews and treated better with Red cross parcels. The Nazis allowed a tournament and the Welsh lads there formed a team , sadly when the Russians advanced the Germans pulled out and moved the POW's out marching them to another area. Sadly most of the lads died but somehow this Newport POW survived it. He reckoned his Wife Gladys posted him cigars which he gave to the nazis in turn for a small piece of bread. This without a doubt enabled him to survive. He once gave some of his own rations to a Jew called Josef who in turn carved him a ring and gave it to him and told him never to forget him. Sadly a few weeks later Josef was gassed. This is one story of many from the war. May we never forget.

Did anyone see that story in the Wales on Sunday today. A remarkable story about a Newport County fan now in his early nineties who was imprisoned in Auschwitz. I personally didnt realise till I read this story that British POW were also kept in the camp but in another area compared to the Jews and treated better with Red cross parcels. The Nazis allowed a tournament and the Welsh lads there formed a team , sadly when the Russians advanced the Germans pulled out and moved the POW's out marching them to another area. Sadly most of the lads died but somehow this Newport POW survived it. He reckoned his Wife Gladys posted him cigars which he gave to the nazis in turn for a small piece of bread. This without a doubt enabled him to survive. He once gave some of his own rations to a Jew called Josef who in turn carved him a ring and gave it to him and told him never to forget him. Sadly a few weeks later Josef was gassed. This is one story of many from the war. May we never forget.

Will be going to Auschwitz soon. There are some remarkable tales in one on the darkest times of human kind. Humans are a Barbaric species thats for sure as atrosaties still go on even Now.

Did anyone see that story in the Wales on Sunday today. A remarkable story about a Newport County fan now in his early nineties who was imprisoned in Auschwitz. I personally didnt realise till I read this story that British POW were also kept in the camp but in another area compared to the Jews and treated better with Red cross parcels. The Nazis allowed a tournament and the Welsh lads there formed a team , sadly when the Russians advanced the Germans pulled out and moved the POW's out marching them to another area. Sadly most of the lads died but somehow this Newport POW survived it. He reckoned his Wife Gladys posted him cigars which he gave to the nazis in turn for a small piece of bread. This without a doubt enabled him to survive. He once gave some of his own rations to a Jew called Josef who in turn carved him a ring and gave it to him and told him never to forget him. Sadly a few weeks later Josef was gassed. This is one story of many from the war. May we never forget.

Yes I read it too.
Remarkable story from a very brave man.

Nukes one of my mates went to Aushwitz a few years back, he said the first thing that you notice is the size of the place. It is a complex of 3 camps - The main camp Aushwitz 1. The second Camp Birkeneu which is huge, this is where most of the genocide was carried out and contains the Gas chambers and Crematoriams used for Mass Murder. The Third Camp is Monowitz which was used as a synthetic Rubber plant by I.G. Farben where they used Slave Labour. As you say Nukes this is where Man's inhumanity sunk to new depths