Interrogation
Heroes Remember
Interrogation
Transcript
Description
After the British took over a concentration camp in Esterwegen, Mr. Decker was sent into interrogate the German staff.
Ted Decker
Ted Decker was born in 1918 in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan. His father was an an immigrant from Austria, and worked in a coal mine in Drumheller at first, before working on farms in Southern Saskatchewan. His Mother was a district midwife who delivered over 60 babies in the area. Mr. Decker grew up with two brothers and three sisters,in a community where a Germany pastor taught him on Saturdays to read and write different languages including German. He went to school until grade seven and worked on a farm until he was seventeen. In 1940 Mr. Decker went into Yorkton to enlist and was denied, he was finally sworn in on February 5,1941 as a volunteer with the south Saskatchewan regiment as a reinforcement. After his father disowned him for joining the army he took an non-commissioned officer's course and he worked as a firing range instructor at Fort Osborne,Winnipeg until he left for overseas on December 13.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 2:19
- Person Interviewed:
- Ted Decker
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Germany
- Branch:
- Army
- Rank:
- Sergeant
- Occupation:
- Intelligence
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