The Moment the Barbed-Wire Gates Slid Open, These German Women Realized the Americans’ Version of Mercy Was a Cage. VD
The Moment the Barbed-Wire Gates Slid Open, These German Women Realized the Americans’ Version of Mercy Was a Cage March 28th, 1945. The world had shrunk to the smell of wet earth and decaying pine needles. For three days, that…
“Can We Have Leftovers?” German POW Women Asked, Americans Gave Them Coca Cola and Hamburgers. VD
“Can We Have Leftovers?” German POW Women Asked, Americans Gave Them Coca Cola and Hamburgers Leftovers (Texas, 1945) Chapter 1 — The Door Opens The mess hall door swung open, and twelve German women stopped at the threshold as if…
Teenage German POWs Were Shocked When American Medics Treated Their Wounds. VD
Teenage German POWs Were Shocked When American Medics Treated Their Wounds We Treat Patients (Near Bastogne, France — December 1944) Chapter 1 — Snow Turned Pink The Battle of the Bulge had only just begun, and the field hospital outside…
La top-modèle des années 90 qui a fait tourner les têtes dans Sports Illustrated et qui disait des vérités audacieuses_FRt
La top-modèle des années 90 qui a fait tourner les têtes dans Sports Illustrated et qui disait des vérités audacieuses Quand on évoque l’âge d’or de la mode, les années 1990 occupent une place à part. C’était la décennie où…
“You’re Coming With Me,” Said the U.S. Guard After Seeing POW Women Starved for Days. VD
“You’re Coming With Me,” Said the U.S. Guard After Seeing POW Women Starved for Days “You’re Coming With Me” (Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia — November 1944) Chapter 1 — The Truck After Midnight The transport truck reached Fort Oglethorpe after midnight,…
A German POW Mother Prepared to Lose Her Children Forever — Then the Americans Did Something. VD
A German POW Mother Prepared to Lose Her Children Forever — Then the Americans Did Something The Telegram He Tore (Camp Ko, Mississippi — March 1945) Chapter 1 — The Smell of Paper and Wax The administrative office at Camp…
An American Nurse Asked a German POW Child One Question — The Answer Stopped Her Cold. VD
An American Nurse Asked a German POW Child One Question — The Answer Stopped Her Cold The Boy Who Couldn’t Choose (Camp McCain, Mississippi — July 1945) Chapter 1 — The Infirmary in the Heat The infirmary at Camp McCain…
When Captured German Nurses Were Sent to U.S. Hospitals — What They Experienced Shocked Them. VD
When Captured German Nurses Were Sent to U.S. Hospitals — What They Experienced Shocked Them The Liberty Nurse (New York Harbor, 1945) Chapter 1 — The Ghost in the Harbor At dawn the transport ship glided into New York Harbor,…
German Women POWs Were Starving in a Train Car for 10 Days — Americans Found Them Locked Inside. VD
German Women POWs Were Starving in a Train Car for 10 Days — Americans Found Them Locked Inside The Boxcar Door (Bavaria, April 1945) Chapter 1 — Breathing in the Wood The rail siding lay quiet in the Bavarian valley…
German Child Soldiers Braced for Execution — Americans Brought Them Hamburgers Instead. VD
German Child Soldiers Braced for Execution — Americans Brought Them Hamburgers Instead The Cellar Where the Rain Wouldn’t Stop (Germany, April 1945) Chapter 1 — The Eleven in the Dark Rain fell with the patience of a sentence that would…