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Totally Extra - Bonus Video (Our Connection to WWII) (Patreon)

Published:
2025-09-15 11:50:01
Edited:
2026-05-21 01:00:53
Imported:
2026-09

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Thanks for tuning into Totally Extra! Now that we've wrapped up Band of Brothers, we wanted to share a personal piece of our family history that connects us to the war.

Thanks, as always, for being awesome Patreon supporters! Your enthusiasm makes these extra bits of fun possible. ❤️

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Totally Extra - Bonus Video (Our Connection to WWII)

Thanks for tuning into Totally Extra! Now that we've wrapped up Band of Brothers, we wanted to share a personal piece of our family history that connects us to the war.

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Bill W

German Empire: Workbook for foreigners. Kind of hard to read, but I think the top heading says: Integrated Eastern Territories and the bottom stamp says: Push Manager? (I don't know German, just using google translate.) Beautiful photograph. That's all really cool stuff to have. Am I wrong, or does Carolyn resemble your Grandma? Thanks for sharing all that info.

Bill W

As far as sheer numbers (total population) Chicago is 2nd only to NYC in Poles. Percentage-wise, CHI is about 5% higher. My Dad's family came from Poland as well, but they were here long before WWII. Have you guys ever been to Pierogi Fest?

Mark M

Thank you for sharing some very personal family history. That was beautiful.

JakeM794

What a beautiful story! Thank you so much for sharing it with us! It really is a privilege to have those items as important mementos regarding your family history. So much was lost during that time period that it’s even more meaningful to have those items passed down through generations.

Mike the Ginger

Great story! I have Polish and German and Italian background. Of course I ended up with bright red hair that makes me look Irish or Scottish! LOL Turns out the red hair comes from my great grandmother on the German side.

Bill W

It's just a street fair in NWI (Whiting, IN). Tons of food (all kinds, not just Eastern Bloc), vendors and an assortment of live music, usually including a couple of Polka bands. I think it's been going on around 30 years now. https://www.pierogifest.net/

Totally Whatever

Thanks, Mike! I can see why everyone assumes Irish or Scottish! I love that your German great-grandmother had red hair.

Gábor Árki

Carolyn looks a lot like your grandmother. My grandparents didn't like to talk much about that period either. Most of what I know comes from my maternal grandmother. She was only four when the war broke out and ten by the time it ended. She was the youngest of five, and her older brothers were lucky to be young enough not to get drafted until the end of the war. Her family lived in a small rural village and owned some land and worked as farmers, so most of the war avoided them. She recalled that they had to house a few soldiers after the German occupation in 1944. But she said they were respectful toward the villagers. The foot soldiers sometimes traded their rations for home-cooked meals. One of the typical rations they regularly received was a dense fruit preserve bar., with some bread. They were fed up with it, but it was excellent for cooking or baking, so it got quite popular with the local housewives. To this day, that kind of fruit bar is nicknamed "Hitler bacon" in the region. She also remembered that, whenever their officers were not nearby, the soldiers often spoke openly with them about how much they hated the war and Hitler. By then it was probably obvious for them that they will most likely lose. She said the Soviets were far worse. They pillaged the village and ransacked most of the houses, taking anything of value they could carry: jewelry, pocket watches, cutlery, pots, pans, bicycles, boots and winter coats, food and livestock, etc. She was young but her older sisters had their hair cut short and wearing boy clothes, and often hid somewhere because many women had been violated. They also took several people for what they called "malenkaya rabota", "just a little work". But those taken were often never seen again. In reality, they were forced into slave labor, and the Soviets grabbed people randomly just so that they can fill up their quotas. The luckier ones remained in the country, but many were sent to labor camps in Siberia for years, and a lot of them did not survive. I don’t know much about my father's side, only that after the war, many people were stripped from their citizenship and deported to Germany as a form of collective punishment, who had German ancestry and had migrated to the country from German territories more than a century earlier. My grandfather's family was of Danube Swabian origin, and they managed to remain only by bribing a local official to have their names removed from the deportation lists. But many of their relatives and friends were forced to leave with nothing but what they could carry in a suitcase. Some didn't even speak German anymore, they simply had German-sounding names. Several families of my distant relatives have been resettled near Munich, and some even emigrated to Canada few years later.

Totally Whatever

Thank you for sharing your family story with us, Gabor. I'll be sure to share this with Carolyn, and yes, I couldn't agree more—she has a striking resemblance to our grandmother.

Bill Elliott

Amazing connections everyone, and to Carolyn and Nanette I continue to applaud you for your being willing to watch tough movies on this subject like Band of Brothers, I understand why this is such a tough subject for you two, again, my compliments. My grandfather fought in the Pacific but my wife, who is from Warsaw Poland, had a great uncle sent to Nauengamme. Her grandfather was part of the Polish Home Army resistance, a fact he had to keep secret during the Soviet imposed government between 1947 and 1989. He didn’t tell my wife much either, later in life, he told the story of how he scouted the railways that led from Warsaw to Treblinka, one of the three death camps used in Operation Reinhardt to eliminate the Polish Jews. Only 100 Jews survived Treblinka and almost 1 million were killed there. My wife and I visited Auschwitz, the largest death camp the Nazis made, when I was stationed in Europe. When I taught before the Navy, I had to read the book, “Night” by Eli Wiesel with my students. These facts, plus the fact Saul Friedlander was my professor in college, and then my Polish wife, have kept the Holocaust as a subject in my life I was forced to understand and confront. I saw there have been some film suggestions regarding this subject, but there is one in particular I feel you two would find very moving, and that is Steven Spielberg’s 1993 tragic master piece, “Schindler’s List”. Considered in the top 10 movies ever made, it is very powerful, but because you two seem very kind, I must warn you, I feel it will be a very tough watch for you two. That said, you two will no doubt approach it with the knowledge and seriousness it deserves, your reaction will spread awareness to this subject, food for thought, great posts, sorry for going long on this, again you are both very compassionate folks. Kind regards, Bill Elliott

Totally Whatever

Thank you, Bill. And thank you for sharing your family's story. We do have "Schindler's List" on our list but have been waiting until we are ready. We know it will be a difficult one, but it is so important to watch.

RegalEagle

Thanx for the great personal insight.. many who don’t have a personal connection to the war have a hard time believing it actually happened.. On my dad’s side.. they were living in Alaska and came down to Seattle to help in the Liberty ship building effort.. where my grandad met my grandma who’s family was in the home heating oil business..

RegalEagle

My great grandpa published a newspaper in Alaska/Yukon Territory in 1898 during the Alaskan gold rush..