Why German POWs Begged America to Keep Them After World War II. NU
Why German POWs Begged America to Keep Them After World War II February 12, 1946. Camp Concordia, Kansas. Silence fell in the wire-mesh hall. 600 German prisoners of war sat motionless, their tin plates untouched and steam rising from their…
“They’ll leave us out in the cold” – German prisoners of war carried by American soldiers during a snowstorm. NU
“They’ll leave us out in the cold” – German prisoners of war carried by American soldiers during a snowstorm February 3, 1945. Eiffel Hills, West Germany. A lonely road winds through deep snow, past burned farms and dead trees. American…
Operation Swift: The Bloodiest Marine Ambush of the Vietnam War That You’ve Never Heard Of. NU
Operation Swift: The Bloodiest Marine Ambush of the Vietnam War That You’ve Never Heard Of The Quaison Valley stretched across Kuang Nam and Kangtin provinces like a wound in the earth. A broad expanse of rice patties and villages flanked…
Dark Things the Viet Cong Did to Captured M60 Gunners. NU
Dark Things the Viet Cong Did to Captured M60 Gunners November 17th, 1965. 10:30 hours. The Ia drang valley. The air is not just hot. It is solid. It tastes of cordite and wet rot. Private first class Toby Brave…
“Look At Those Australian Idiots”: The Mistake That Haunted The US. NU
“Look At Those Australian Idiots”: The Mistake That Haunted The US It was the single most embarrassing radio call in the history of the Vietnam War. In March 1968, a veteran US Green Beret captain stood on an airirstrip at…
Der Löffel, die Frau, die in Auschwitz versteckt war. NE
Der Löffel, die Frau, die in Auschwitz versteckt war Im Juli 1944 funktionierte Auschwitz mit einer kalten, rücksichtslosen Effizienz, die jede moderne Industriemaschine beneiden würde. Züge voller Menschen trafen regelmäßig, präzise und ununterbrochen ein. Die Menschen stiegen nicht als Individuen…
30. April 1945 – Nachwirkungen und Erinnerung. NE
30. April 1945 – Nachwirkungen und Erinnerung. Ich schreibe über Helmbrechts nicht als Ort auf der Landkarte Nazideutschlands, sondern als Narbe im europäischen Gedächtnis. In über dreißig Jahren des Studiums der Weltgeschichte habe ich etwas scheinbar Einfaches, aber unglaublich Bitteres…
Der Todesmarsch begann am 13. April 1945. NE
Der Todesmarsch begann am 13. April 1945. Der 13. April 1945 war nicht von einer großen Schlacht oder einer Kapitulationserklärung geprägt. Es gab keine Siegesfahnen, keinen Jubel. Doch für die Hunderten von Frauen, die in Helmbrechts inhaftiert waren, war es…
“She Winced at a Single Touch” — The Hidden Wound of a German POW That Shocked an American Soldier. NU
“She Winced at a Single Touch” — The Hidden Wound of a German POW That Shocked an American Soldier Chapter 1 — The Winter Camp January, 1945.The prisoner processing camp lay buried beneath a skin of snow in rural Montana, far…
You Can’t Work Like This!’ — German Women POWs Shocked by the Wild Work Ethic of U.S. Cowboys. NU
You Can’t Work Like This!’ — German Women POWs Shocked by the Wild Work Ethic of U.S. Cowboys Chapter I – The Forest That Swallowed Voices December 1944 did not announce itself gently. It crept in on frozen breath and…