| rdfs:comment | - Rolf Mehlen was a German veteran of World War II who joined West Germany's emergency militia during World War III. During WWII, he had served in the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH), which was part of the Waffen-SS. After the war, he removed his blood-group tattoo, a good thing since in April 1951, Soviet troops were known to summarily execute Germans who had the tattoo. This article is a stub because the work is part of a larger, as-of-yet incomplete series.
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| abstract | - Rolf Mehlen was a German veteran of World War II who joined West Germany's emergency militia during World War III. During WWII, he had served in the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH), which was part of the Waffen-SS. After the war, he removed his blood-group tattoo, a good thing since in April 1951, Soviet troops were known to summarily execute Germans who had the tattoo. He was soon fighting side-by-side with Gustav Hozzel, another WWII vet, though not much of a devoted Nazi. Hozzel was intimidated by how violent Rolf was on the field of battle. During a down moment, Hozzel asked Rolf about his past. Rolf admitted he'd been in Operation Spring Awakening, the last attack on Budapest. While Rolf recalled Adolf Hitler's order to remove their cuff titles with his signature during the final retreat, he assured Hozzel that they did not take off their cuff titles and drop them in a chamber pot. In fact, they wore their cuff titles until the end. As Hozzel had heard the story from other people whom he trusted, he was rather dubious, but decided not to push it. During another break in the fighting, Hozzel had casually asked Rolf what he thought of Israel. Rolf had replied that he thought the atomic bomb that had destroyed the Suez Canal should have gone off a little farther northeast. This article is a stub because the work is part of a larger, as-of-yet incomplete series.
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