How German migrants witnessed the end of World War II (1/9)

"Ich war mit dem Fahrrad unterwegs, dann sah ich an einem Bauernhof einen Panzer T-34 und der hat auf mich armes Würstchen geschossen aber gottseidank daneben." Source: undatiertes Archivfoto
In 2005 we asked our radio listeners in Australia: "Where were you on the 8th of May, 1945?" The many letters, phone calls and interviews were broadcast all around the nation. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Germany, we repeated the historical recording in 2020 and saved it for posterity in nine podcasts. PC 1: Erika Rasmassen, Peter Langreuter, Ingrid Martinow-Jacobi and Harry W Riemann.
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