WW II stories

The Youngest Soldier in W.W. 1


Fact File


Name : John Condon
DOB : March 29th 1902
Place of birth : Waterford city
Reason for joining : Money and fun.
Age at joining :13
Age of death : 13
Minimum legal age: 18
Cause of death: shot or gassed
Amount of people who died: 10 million.   
   

Story

John Condon was born into a poor family in Waterford city. He ran away to Belgium to fight in World War One when he was 13. He pretended to be 18. His parents never knew where he was till word was sent of his death. He was gassed or shot. Only last year his only family visited his grave. The Belgium government are grateful to him and have erected a round tower in his honour.

By P. McGoldrick

The Nazi's

My name is Lean. I had a wonderful time with my family before the Nazi's took me away from my family. I cried "don't let them take me away'', The Nazi's took me away because I was a Jew. They put me in a camp and they gave me rotten food and bad beds. When they took me away I was scared and I was crying. I said "I'll miss my family, all the fun we had with each other, the things we did and the stories we told each other." I was miserable and cold. I was still remembering my family. There was barbwire on the top of the fences. The Nazi's made us dig holes. Sometimes the Nazi's whipped us and one day when we were digging holes I caught a terrible disease. When I was sleeping the disease spread all over my body and then I passed away. When they knew I was dead they dug a pit. They just threw me in it and covered me up.

By J. Fergus