A 13-Year-Old German Boy Took His First Hot Shower — He Refused to Come Out for 2 Hours. VD
A 13-Year-Old German Boy Took His First Hot Shower — He Refused to Come Out for 2 Hours Warm Water in a Cold World A World War II Story of Compassion Chapter I: Camp Swift, 1945 Texas, September 1945.The war…
When a German POW Challenged a Cowboy to a Horse Race — What They Bet Shocked Everyone. VD
When a German POW Challenged a Cowboy to a Horse Race — What They Bet Shocked Everyone SIX INCHES OF FREEDOM A World War II Story Chapter I – Under the Texas Sun Texas, July 1944. The afternoon sun burned…
“My Skin Hurt” — German POW Girl Whispered After American Medics Treated Her Burns. VD
“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. VD
‘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….
THE HIMMLER WOMEN AFTER 1945: WHERE MARGARETE AND GUDRUN WENT WHEN THE REICH COLLAPSED. NU
THE HIMMLER WOMEN AFTER 1945: WHERE MARGARETE AND GUDRUN WENT WHEN THE REICH COLLAPSED Heinrich Himmler died on 23 May 1945 in British custody, ending his life by biting a hidden cyanide capsule. The man who had led the SS…
German Child Soldiers Cried for Their Mothers — So American Farm Wives “Adopted” Them. NU
German Child Soldiers Cried for Their Mothers — So American Farm Wives “Adopted” Them Reinhard Heydrich died in June 1942, but the shadow he cast did not die with him. It stretched forward—past the rubble of Berlin, past the surrender papers…
Why Canadian Soldiers Forced the “Rich & Famous” German Citizens to Walk Through Concentration Camps. NU
Why Canadian Soldiers Forced the “Rich & Famous” German Citizens to Walk Through Concentration Camps April 17th, 1945, northern Germany. The gates swung open the way gates always swing open—on hinges that squealed a little, with iron that looked ordinary…
When An American Soldier Gave a German Child His Harmonica — His Reaction Left Everyone Speechless. VD
When An American Soldier Gave a German Child His Harmonica — His Reaction Left Everyone Speechless The Harmonica in the Rubble A World War II Story of Humanity Beyond Victory Chapter I: Spring Without Peace Germany, spring of 1945. The…
An American Camp Commander Received a Letter from a German POW’s Father. VD
An American Camp Commander Received a Letter from a German POW’s Father The Letter from Switzerland Chapter I – Winter at Camp Gruber January 1944 arrived in Oklahoma with a hard, slicing wind. At Camp Gruber, the cold swept across…
A German Nurse POW Saved an American Child’s Life — The Town’s Response SHOCKED Military Command. VD
A German Nurse POW Saved an American Child’s Life — The Town’s Response SHOCKED Military Command Beyond the Wire A World War II Story of Mercy and Moral Courage Chapter I: The Prisoner and the Prairie Texas, summer of 1943….