I am a German male born in 1885 Berlin. What the chances I survive until 1945 and beyond?
Context here: I am an ethnic German with no Jewish or non-European ancestry. I do not have any physical handicaps and I am a straight male. However, I am apolitical and do not join the Nazi party, which came to power when I was in my late 40s.
What are the chances I survive getting drafted in World War I, the chaos of the 1920s, the Depression, and political upheaval of the Nazis? Will I survive World War II? I’m an older man now, but many elderly Germans were drafted in the Volkstrum in the last days of the war. Will I - an unassuming average Joe - make the most tumultuous events of the past century in the hot seat? What type of life would I have?
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Anonymous
One in six.
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You died in the trenches of WW One.when you were 30 years old.
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