Youtube hearted comments of Britta Kriep (@brittakriep2938).

  1. I am not Britta herself, but her boyfriend. About 20 years ago, i bought a hat in a small and very oldfashioned shop, owned by an old lady, which looked much older, because of her oldfashioned dress and hairstyle. The lady told me about an incident with her blank pistol ( could be carried without licence up to 2008) , a policeofficer had asked her, why she correctly handled the pistol, and she told him , that she learned this in wwll german army. She showed me her lower leg, where she had a wound from a larger piece of shrappnel ( ?)/ Granatsplitter.
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  2. As a german Facharbeiter(trained worker) i must speak about a small mistake, unclear description Ian has made. The word Meister can mean a ,Champion' or a very talented craftsman, artist etc.. But in this case a Meister means a ,master craftsman' , a title which goes back to middle ages. Formerly a boy who wants to become a craftsman started his training at an age of 14 (my father was some weeks younger than 14 when he started in 1952) as a , Lehrling (today Auszubildender), today with 17 or 18 (the school system changed), after a training time of usually 3 to 3,5 years you are in Industry a Facharbeiter, in old style (non industrial) craftmanship/ Handwerk you are a Geselle, also a title which goes back to middle age. When you worked some years as a Facharbeiter or Geselle you can do a difficult and expensive training and you have to produce a Meisterstück/ mastrepiece. When everything is well a Facharbeiter becomes an Industriemeister, a Geselle becomes a Handwerksmeister. Whats the difference? A Handwerksmeister can open his own Werkstatt/ shop(??), hire some Gesellen, train new Lehrlinge as it has been for centuries, while an Industriemeister is ,only' the leader of a team of workers or a production room etc. in an industral factory, whatever products the factory produces. A Waffenmeister doesn't work in a armsfactory, thats an an armorer who has to repair and inspect the arms of soldiers, policemen etc. or this word is very rare used for a Fechtmeister/ maitre d'armes.
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  3. You can still get the , Deutsches Sportabzeichen ' in current Germany, it looks still similar. There is still a golden, silver and bronce Version. You can get this badge at every age, but of course, in young age the conditions are much harder than for elderly persons.
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  4. In german der Schild is the shield, but das Schild is a sign.
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  5. Attention! In those days, the Hausmeister, or Pedell ( as it was called then) had in Universities or large Gymnasien ( those of three german High school types, which prepares for University ) a rather strong Position. In addition to His ordinary Work, this men Had been seen also as a Kind of Security Guard. Locking the Doors and Gates, looking for strange behavior or unknown persons. So the teenagers would have got problems also on annother Gymnasium, you forget, some people do follow a dictatorship, because they Like it, Others because they fear Revenge of dictatorship.
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  6. There was also a not well-known Neckar-Enz- Linie. In the 20s a french attack north of Schwarzwald/ Black Forrest was feared. As secret as possible a not very strong chain of few small fortifications or prepared places had been build. When you hike near Sachsenheim, you can see the remains of a rather small bunker. And, on the same side of the Enz river as the noted bunker, you can see the ,Feldschützenhütte' ( Feldschütz means field guard/ garde champetre). This ,Hut' has concrete roof and walls perhaps 40cm thick and surely protects the field guard against snow and rain;-)
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  7. A note from Germany: The man, who noticed the teenagers had as far as i know, the job of Pedell, nowadays in schools or public buildings called simply Hausmeister, like in civilian Mietshäuser ( don' t know english word). The usual work of such a man was to keep the building clean, to do small repairs, doimg some gardeners work and Put snow away in Winter. Also the Hausmeister had to follow Orders of Direktor of School, mayor or other building Leader, for example bringing Letters to Post Office. But to some degree the Hausmeister, was / is also a Kind of Security man. The Hausmeister has to lock the Doors and Gates of building, also a Hausmeister has to Look at Strangers on school round. In my youth at every shool was Hausmeister, today this is No more allways the Case, that at every school a Hausmeister works, Not so good for Security of children. In University, or Gymnasium formerly the Hausmeister was called Pedell and Had much more Power than today, so arresting persons was then surely allowed, in Hitler Era also firemen could Arrest people, but only in context of firemen work. I personally think , the word Pedell is relaed to Büttel, a dated word for auxillary policemen or town criers (?).
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  8. In Germany up to 1972 two smaller weapons had been allowed. A) The Totschläger with similarities to sap or blackjack. B) The Stahlrute ( steelrod), a telescopic baton where the telescopic elements had been spiral springs , at the tip iwas a Metal ball of steel, brass or lead.
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  9. This is for centuries known as Verhau in german language.
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  10. Being german of swabian tribe, to some degree i can understand the scotsmen and their clans. Both germans and scotsmen have a loyality under pure national loyality. Difference is , we germans no more have tribal chiefs for centuries. The german word for duke , Herzog, was in first years of HRE used by leaders of a tribe, early HRE was for administration divided into tribal duchies.
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  11. A sidenote from Germany . When there was US - Independence War, british troops had no units with rifles, only smoothbore muskets. To counter US riflemen , British Gouvernement hired german troops including Jäger units, formed first of hunters and forrest officials. Their sidearm had been traditional Hirschfänger, for military use with longer blades. First riifles and swordbayonnets for real british troops looked rather german. Also this rifle still has a german ,touch'. It is the trigger guard, which tries to be a kind of pistol grip. Last riflemodel especially for german Jäger units ( Jägerbüchse M71) had only a ,finger hook' at trigger guard. Also the swordbayonnet looks rather similar to german military Hirschfänger. Civilian versions with shorter blades are today still sometimes used by civilian huntsmen, but only for huntsmens ceremonies.
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  12. Is this a german company? Translated in german sowcatcher would be Staufänger, the regular german word for a wide baded dagger, to give wild boar a final stab. Sau must not been explained , but abfangen means giving the final stab
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  13. No. German Sturmgewehr concept means: A midpower cartidge for use in normal battle distances up to 300 Meter. Overstrong cartidges, in my oppinion, only fire a powerfull hole into the air.
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  14. A bit out of context. For the reason, that rising numbers of wild boar, are a problem in Germany for about two decades, among german hunters, the boarspear has a small scale Comeback here. So traditional boarspearars are still produced, see Puma company. But also modern and unususal modern constructions appear. When you want to do research, german word for boarspear is ,Saufeder'.
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  15. In german the word Sappe ( see french sappeur) is nowadays outdated, and the a is not spoken ä. Pickelhaube ( literaly pickaxehood) was not the official name, this was Helm mit Spitze/ helmet with point, and this helmet was only used by line infantry and dragoons, other units used other headgear.
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  16. Mädchen was once also written Mägdelein- kleine Magd ( little maid).
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