Lüge rettet Amberger im Zweiten Weltkrieg das Leben

Sein damaliger Schuldirektor nahm Georg Küspert Anfang 1945 seinen Einberufungsbescheid weg. Höchstwahrscheinlich ist das der Grund dafür, warum der ehemalige Leiter des Amberger Jugendamts jetzt seinen 92. Geburtstag feiern kann.

von Andreas Ascherl

Zwischen diesen beiden Bildern liegen annähernd 77 Jahre. Georg Küspert mit seinem jüngeren Ich im noch hervorragend erhaltenen Flugbuch aus dem Jahr 1944.

Bild: Wolfgang Steinbacher

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Mit ihren Panzern besetzten die Amerikaner im April 1945 die Stadt Amberg - hier eines der ersten Exemplare vor dem Vilstor, neugierig beäugt von deutschen Kindern. Sie wären nicht davor zurückgeschreckt, die Stadt bei Beschuss völlig zu zerstören. Bild: exb

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Bis zu dieser Heckenreihe stürmte eine amerikanische Einheit am 23. April 1945 den Mariahilfberg hoch. Georg Küspert erinnert sich noch sehr genau an diesen Augenblick. Bild: Wolfgang Steinbacher

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