Ringo
Gold Member
In 1941, J. A. Ratzinger became a member of the Hitler Youth. During the Second World War, he was a soldier of the anti—aircraft battalion. In 1944, he joined the Austrian Legion, an air defense auxiliary personnel unit in Munich. At the approach of American troops in 1945 , he deserted.. He came of age in Germany after World War I at the same time the Nazi regime was growing in power.