13.03.1944 | “Completely in vain”

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3D model of the Memorial in Rudabielka. Please click on the picture to view the model.

On March 13, 1944, Josef Perau, a Wehrmacht chaplain deployed near Rudabielka, wrote in his diary that none of the troops had time for prayer. Everybody was busy deporting civilians:

„Ein Besuch beim Feldersatzbatallion in Poretschje war gestern völlig umsonst […] Weil die Truppe zur Evakuierung von Zivilisten eingesetzt war.“1 (German original)

“A visit to the field replacement battalion in Parečča yesterday was completely in vain […] because the troops were deployed to evacuate civilians.” (Translation of the German original)

  1. Walter Perau: Priester im Heere Hitlers. Erinnerungen 1940-1945, Essen 1962. ↩︎