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Old 03-04-2012, 10:33 AM
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I have alluded elsewhere on this forum to having a relative who had served in the Luftwaffe during WW2. It was very politely hinted that I might find it appropriate to name him. I have taken many days to think on this. It is a topic about which I have understandable and forgivable sensitivities.
However: I'm also not ashamed of my relative's record and skills.

General Adolf Galland is a 4th or 5th cousin of mine on my mother's side of the family.
I found that out by accident one day, when I was dragged along to visit a then very elderly relative, my mother's aunty. I was 8 or 9 years old at the time. It turns out that this relative's Maiden Name was Galland, and she was a cousin of General Galland.

Over the decades since, I have kept quiet about the connection, mainly because there are those in my country who lack the tolerance that exists elsewhere.

This thread, in it's discussion of General Galland has finally prompted me to "speak up" as it were, being that others here have an equally weighty connection with him.

Kind and Respectful Regards my friends, Uyraell.
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