Ernst Franke
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Ernst Franke
By Sophie Walsh
Part of the Franke Family Tree
- Ernst was the son of Friedrich and Sophie Franke
- Friedrich was the brother of Christian Franke (my first relative that immigrated to America)
- Ernst was the youngest of his four other brothers and sisters
- Friedrich was the brother of Christian Franke (my first relative that immigrated to America)
- Ernst was the youngest of his four other brothers and sisters
Who was Ernst Franke?
Ernst is my great grandfather's cousin
- Family of Friedrich Franke (brother of Christian Franke)
- Back row left to right: Wilhelm, Fritz, Louise and Rieka
- Front row left to right: Friedrich, Herman, Sophie-mother and baby Ernst
- Back row left to right: Wilhelm, Fritz, Louise and Rieka
- Front row left to right: Friedrich, Herman, Sophie-mother and baby Ernst
The Franke Brothers
Friedrich (Ernst's father), Christian and Heinrich (1898)
Basic Information About Ernst
- Birth: (Unknown) Early to mid 1900s Bremen, Germany
- Occupation: Luftwaffe pilot in Germany
- Parents: Friedrich and Sophie Franke
- Siblings: Wilhelm, Fritz, Louise, Rieka
- Spouse: Freidchen Franke
- Death: (Unknown) Early 2000s Germany
Difference Between German Soldiers and Nazis
- The Nazi Party (Nationalist Socialist German Worker's Party): politcial party est 1919 by Anton Drexler. Controlled Germany in 1933 & governed by totalitarianism (Adolf Hitler) until 1945
- The SS (Schutzstaffel): paramilitary organization of only Nazis that committed many of the crimes against Jews
Difference Between German Soldiers and Nazis
- The Wehrmacht: unified armed forces of Germany that fought on different fronts against the Allies (composed of Nazis and Non-Nazis)
The Nazi Party
- Many were caught in the fervor of German nationalism (i.e. Hitler's public speaking ability)
- Controlled basically all political, social and cultural activities in Germany, including military
- Party was banned at the end of WW2
- Hitler commited suicide on April 30, 1945
German Military- Wehrmacht
- Not permitted by the Treaty of Versailles
- Created by Hitler as an army of imperial conquest
- Consisted of 3 branches- Kriegsmarine: Navy, Luftwaffe: Air Force, Heer: Army
- 1935- 1946
- Sometimes worked with the S.S.
- Nazi party members and non-Nazis
Luftwaffe Pilots
"Nazis are the bad guys," -Delin Franke (family interview)
- German air force during WW2
- Ernst and my relatives had anti-Nazi views
"Nazis are the bad guys,"- Delin Franke (my grandpa) said with a stern expression
"What was done to the Jewish population was pure evil at its worst" -Robert Franke (American pilot)
- Feared by the Allied forces in the first half of the war
- In the second half of the war, as the Allies increased their aircraft production and quality, they lacked superiority
-http://germanring.lv/483-1961-large/german-ww2-luftwaffe-pilots-badge.jpg
- Ernst and my relatives had anti-Nazi views
"Nazis are the bad guys,"- Delin Franke (my grandpa) said with a stern expression
"What was done to the Jewish population was pure evil at its worst" -Robert Franke (American pilot)
- Feared by the Allied forces in the first half of the war
- In the second half of the war, as the Allies increased their aircraft production and quality, they lacked superiority
-http://germanring.lv/483-1961-large/german-ww2-luftwaffe-pilots-badge.jpg
Heinkel He 111
- This was the plane that Ernst flew while he was a pilot
- Illegal to have an air force due to the Treaty of Versailles, so the planes were manufactured in secret. The planes were disguised as civilian aircraft transport.
- A bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
- Used throughout WW2 in Germany
- Main bomber used in the Battle of Britain
Quick Facts:
- top speed: 249 mph
- wingspan: 74 ft
- length: 57 ft
- first flight: Feb. 24, 1935
- manufactured by Heinkel
- Illegal to have an air force due to the Treaty of Versailles, so the planes were manufactured in secret. The planes were disguised as civilian aircraft transport.
- A bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
- Used throughout WW2 in Germany
- Main bomber used in the Battle of Britain
Quick Facts:
- top speed: 249 mph
- wingspan: 74 ft
- length: 57 ft
- first flight: Feb. 24, 1935
- manufactured by Heinkel
The Blitz (The Battle of Britain)
- Ernst played a part in the Battle of Britain
- Tactic of blitzkrieg
- Battle of German air force against United Kingdom
- Germany would bomb trying to cripple countries
- From July 1940- September 1940
-blitzkrieg: German for "lightning war", use of fast and short attacks
P.O.W. in Britain
- Ernst was captured by the British at a German airfield towards the end of the war (became P.O.W.)
- He was allowed to take classes where he learned to speak English
- Britain complied with Geneva Convention, Russia did not
- At camps, they had English lessons, denazification treatment and more
http://bit.ly/1B3xO33
- P.O.W.: prisoner of war, someone captured by the enemy
- Geneva Convention: international agreement of treatment of captured military personnel and civilians in war time
- Denazification Treatment: Allied intiative to rid Germans of Nazi ideals
- At camps, they had lectures, English lessons, other lessons, crafts, gardening and denazification treatment
-P.O.W.s received the same amount of daily rations as British servicemen - which was more than the civilian population
- P.O.W.: prisoner of war, someone captured by the enemy
- Geneva Convention: international agreement of treatment of captured military personnel and civilians in war time
- Denazification Treatment: Allied intiative to rid Germans of Nazi ideals
- At camps, they had lectures, English lessons, other lessons, crafts, gardening and denazification treatment
-P.O.W.s received the same amount of daily rations as British servicemen - which was more than the civilian population
P.O.W. in Russia
- Ernst was afraid to travel to East Germany due to his strong anti-communist views and feared imprisonment because Russia was advancing their communist nation (Soviet Union)
- Russia did not comply with the Geneva Convention so they didn't release any information regarding a person's whereabouts to your family or to Germany
