German POWs Kept Asking Their Interpreter Where He Learned German. The Army Forbade His Answer.

German prisoners repeatedly asked why their American interpreter spoke their language so well. George Rosenberg knew the answer: German was the language of his Hamburg childhood. Inside a POW camp in North Carolina, his Army assignment prevented him from revealing the background that explained every word. 0:00 The question across the camp table 1:15 Guenther Rosenberg’s Hamburg childhood 2:20 Escape through Europe and arrival in America 3:30 An eye examination changes his Army assignment 4:30 Screening prisoner backgrounds 5:30 The question the POWs kept asking 6:25 Visits, prohibited objects and POW mail 7:30 The answer Rosenberg was forbidden to give 8:25 School, marriage and the Olathe interview 9:25 The silence across the table Sources: https://mchekc.org/wp-content/uploads... https://mchekc.org/testimonial/george... https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/G... https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/G... https://stolpersteine-hamburg.de/inde... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.archives.gov/publications...