Thank you for your attention. You may now return to your previously scheduled German hatefest.
“I’m sorry. German troops were no angels any more than any other troops. But these conversations sound to me an awful lot like sidelined captives putting on their captors, not to mention the universal temptation of soldiers to exaggerate and exoticize their actions.”
In those POW camps those captured more often than not knew they were being audio monitored. What better way to p-off your captors and at the same time enhance your position within your group than with some “war stories” .POW camp audio tapes are proof of nothing. File photos are a different matter and probably exist on both sides.