Interview with German WW2 2nd SS Division Das Reich veteran Ernst Barkmann, Pather tank commander

Interview with Knight's Cross winner Ernst Barkmann, Panther tank commander of 2. SS-Panzer Division 'Das Reich', Kisdorf, Germany, 1990.

Ernst:
"The Allies won the war, they get to say anything they want, make any rule, and tell any story that they want. I refuse to discuss this topic as it gets one in trouble, as they have sent moles to us, but I will tell you, the Allies lie. They deliberately bombed civilians to kill as many as they could. They raped women on a scale that has never happened in history, in Germany and all over Europe. They hunted down anyone who was a party member, and put them in concentration camps, while shouting how evil it was to put people in camps. They made villains heroes and heroes villains. They are complete hypocrites with their policies, they killed spies, but we are criminals for doing the same. They hanged traitors and saboteurs, yet we are criminals for the same actions. They went house-to-house to loot any books and had huge bonfires to burn them, we burned anti-German smut and communist propaganda, yet we are evil? They even burned old family bibles that held generations of history. We could do nothing to stop this and if one tried, they were killed or sent away permanently. They hung a relative of mine, whom the Reds say was a murdering camp guard, they claim these camps were built to kill. She was barely 24, and the prettiest girl in town. She applied for work with the SS and was not technically a guard, but more of a helper in a women's camp. She told me once, during my wedding reception, that she liked being able to help reform women who were caught up in bad situations."