Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Execution of Nazi SS Stutthof Camp Female Guards Jenny Barkmann and Elisabeth Becker
Monday, January 23, 2023
Stutthof Nazi concentration camp near the village of Stutthof (now Sztutowo, Poland).
Stutthof was established in 1939 as a camp for civilian war prisoners, then in 1942 became a concentration camp.
The Nazi Germans used Stutthof prisoners as forced laborers. The Nazis converted it into a extermination camp in 1944. Gas chambers were used to kill prisoners.
It is estimated that between 63,000 and 65,000 prisoners of Stutthof camp and its subcamps died due to extreme labour conditions, starvation, epidemics, murder, brutal and forced evacuations.
On 9 May 1945, Stutthof camp was liberated by Soviet Red Army.
Sixteen former Nazi SS camp female guards and kapos were tried in the first Stuthoff trial.
11 Nazi SS Camp personnel Jenny Barkmann, Elisabeth Becker, Steinhoff, Klaff, Paradies along with 6 other defendants were convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.
The execution took place on July 4th 1946 in public at Biskupia Górka Hill near Gdańsk. Thousands of people came to watch the execution.
They were publicly hanged by short-drop method on 4 July 1946 on Biskupia Górka Hill near Gdańsk.
