Why do you publish data on Germans - weren't they the enemy?

Yes, of course the Germans were the enemies of the Western democracies in WW2, and of the USSR. If they had prevailed with their allies, the Japanese, who can tell what sort of appalling world they would have created.

We carry data on personnel serving with German forces because it is of historical value and to suppress it would be to go along with the totalitarian ideas of controlling our thought processes which the western democracies fought to overcome. History they say is written by the victor, but that doesn't mean the vanquished's stories should be suppressed. What you will not find in our pages is any aggrandizing of acts outside the Geneva Convention, nor of the totalitarian regimes ruling Germany and Japan in WW2.

The material on this site is intended to reflect the stories of people not political systems. The prime purpose is to permit loved ones and friends to become aware of how and where those they cared for experienced events and, in some cases, died. The second objective is to present data and background colour for researchers and historians.

The authors of this material do not condone hatred in any form, neither do we support oppressive and despotic regimes or political systems.

Some people covered in these pages may not have been nice people at all. They may have performed unacceptable acts for unforgivable reasons. They may have been fighting to achieve aims the civilized world rejects.

The stories we record are personal stories. The reader is free to make his or her judgments on the individuals described.

We were struck by the words of the German President to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. They seem to us to strike the right note.