Vintage-Fotografien von Berlin in der Nachkriegszeit .NE
Berlin als Hauptstadt und kulturelles Zentrum des Deutschen Reichs wurde schwer bombardiert. Über 45.000 Tonnen Bomben in zwei Wochen zerstörten die Stadt fast vollständig. Die unersetzlichen architektonischen Juwelen von Schlüter, Knobelsdorf, Schadow und Schinkel wurden vernichtet. Paläste, Museen, Kirchen, Denkmäler…
“I don’t know how to eat this,” murmur German female prisoners of war as they enjoy their first American breakfast. NU.
“I don’t know how to eat this,” murmur German female prisoners of war as they enjoy their first American breakfast. “I don’t know how to eat this,” German women murmured as they tasted their first American breakfast. It was April…
How a farmer killed 50 Germans in just 3 hours using an insane ruse with a piece of wire.NU.
How a farmer killed 50 Germans in just 3 hours using an insane ruse with a piece of wire On January 24, 1945, at 8:00 a.m., near Husen, France, all hell broke loose. The earth trembled. Six hundred German infantrymen…
German Children Were Found Eating Tree Bark After 8 Days Alone — What American Troops Fed Them.NU.
German Children Were Found Eating Tree Bark After 8 Days Alone — What American Troops Fed Them A CUP OF SOUP IN BAVARIA Spring, 1945 Chapter I – The Forest of Silence Bavaria, April 1945. The forest stood unnaturally still….
“My Skin Hurt” — German POW Girl Whispered After American Medics Treated Her Burns. NU.
“My Skin Hurt” — German POW Girl Whispered After American Medics Treated Her Burns White Gauze Under a Texas Sky A World War II Story of Quiet Mercy Chapter I – The Arrival Texas, spring 1945. The war in Europe…
‘My Hands Used to Play Piano’ — German POW Woman Whispered Looking at Her Scarred Fingers. NU.
‘My Hands Used to Play Piano’ — German POW Woman Whispered Looking at Her Scarred Fingers THE HANDS THAT STILL KNEW MUSIC A World War II Story Chapter I – Arrival Under a Vast Sky (Texas, 1945) Texas, March 1945….
November 1944. Somewhere in the American Midwest, far from any battlefield the women had ever imagined, the train finally stopped. For Helga Schmidt, the journey across the Atlantic felt unreal, as if she had slipped into another world while asleep. NU.
November 1944. Somewhere in the American Midwest, far from any battlefield the women had ever imagined, the train finally stopped. For Helga Schmidt, the journey across the Atlantic felt unreal, as if she had slipped into another world while asleep….
Run Before They Arrive!” — American Guards Risked Everything by Forming a Human Shield Around Japanese Women Prisoners in the Final Chaos of World War Two, Uncovering a Hidden Story of Fear, Moral Defiance, Silent Warnings, and a Moment When Soldiers Chose Humanity Over Orders as History Looked the Other Way.NU.
Run Before They Arrive!” — American Guards Risked Everything by Forming a Human Shield Around Japanese Women Prisoners in the Final Chaos of World War Two, Uncovering a Hidden Story of Fear, Moral Defiance, Silent Warnings, and a Moment When…
The Secret Meeting Where Eisenhower Finally Admitted: “Patton Was Right All Along”. NU
The Secret Meeting Where Eisenhower Finally Admitted: “Patton Was Right All Along” May 1963, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Former President Dwight Eisenhower sits in his study, writing what would become his final reflections on World War II. The man who commanded the…
3 Tank Crewmen Vanished In 1944 — 65 Years Later, Their Vehicle Was Found Almost Intact. NU
3 Tank Crewmen Vanished In 1944 — 65 Years Later, Their Vehicle Was Found Almost Intact Picture this. Three young tank crewmen, barely out of their teens, climb into their Sherman tank on a foggy November morning in 1944. The…