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Hans Leyers (March 5, 1896 – February 2, 1981) was a German Army Generalmajor who, in his last assignment during World War II, served as general representative of the Ministry of Armaments and War Production of Nazi Germany in the Italian Social Republic.
- A Young Man from Milan
- Smuggling Refugees Through The Alps
- "The Observer"
- From Observation to Action
If you had to pick a time to be a teenager in Milan, 1943 would have been the worst of choices. In June, as my dad was nearing his 17thbirthday, the British began an intensive six-month bombing campaign. It left a third of the city’s population homeless (about 400,000). My father and his younger brother (my Uncle Mimmo) narrowly escaped death one n...
It was then that many Italians rebelled and began hiding and protecting their Jewish-Italian friends. They formed an “Underground Railroad,” a network of escape routes similar to the one that was developed to save American slaves before and during America’s Civil War. One of the network’s routes went through Casa Alpina, where the Lella brothers we...
Through a series of extraordinary circumstances, including his wounding during an Allied bombing raid, my father was ordered back to Milan to convalesce for two weeks. Then, with a little help from family and the abilities to speak French and drive a car, he landed a position as the personal driver and confidant for one of Hitler’s most mysterious ...
At midnight on April 24th, 1945, upon orders from the Resistance, my father single-handedly arrested General Hans Leyers and delivered him to the American Command, led by 5th U.S. Army Major Frank Knebel. For the next five days, he became Major Knebel’s personal guide and translator, at last discarding his uniform and the Nazi swastika. My father w...
Nov 26, 2020 · Hans Leyers (born March 5, 1896 in Düsseldorf, † February 2, 1981 in Eschweiler) was a German Wehrmacht officer, most recently in the rank of major general. In his last assignment as General Plenipotentiary of the Reich War Ministry for Armaments and War Production in Italy, Leyers was one of the highest representatives of the German Empire ...
Jul 12, 2021 · Generalmajor Dr-.Ing. habil. Hans Leyers * 05.03.1896 Düsseldorf + 02.02.1981 Eschweiler 21.05.1914 Leutnant 01.09.1922 Oberleutnant (m. P...
May 11, 2017 · We have various photos of Italy and Mussolini's family throughout the war, as well as various axis medals and General Leyers' uniform which is still in the family, but no mention of the Italians you named.
Jan 26, 2019 · You’ll have to read Sullivan’s book to learn how Pino at the age of 19 becomes the driver of one of Hitler’s key generals in Italy, Hans Leyers- and becomes an Allied spy at the same time! You can’t make this stuff up!
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General Leyers is a high-ranking member of Organization Todt, the civil and military engineering branch of Nazi Germany. He is in direct contact with Hitler, as well as many other high-ranking members of the SS. After Pino joins Organization Todt, Leyers recruits Pino as his personal driver.
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