Camp Florence, Arizona. July 1944. NU.
Camp Florence, Arizona. July 1944. Camp Florence, Arizona. July 1944. The 4th of July celebration smelled of charcoal and frying onions. And Sergeant Maria Kaufman watched the American guards set up a strange assembly lying metal grills, split bread rolls,…
A Texas Farmer Found 50 Fugitive German Female POWs in His Barn — What He Did Next Shocked the World. NU.
A Texas Farmer Found 50 Fugitive German Female POWs in His Barn — What He Did Next Shocked the World Fredericksburg, Texas. October 1944. Samuel Brown pushed open his barn doors at dawn, expecting the familiar smell of hay and…
December 1940, German prisoners of war arrived in Canada. NU.
December 1940, German prisoners of war arrived in Canada December 1940, German prisoners of war arrived in Canada, convinced the brutal winter would kill them. Temperatures plunging to 40on grittywigs, winds that could freeze exposed skin in minutes. A frozen…
It was September 1945. Imagine expecting monstrous brutality, but encountering profound mercy. NU.
It was September 1945. Imagine expecting monstrous brutality, but encountering profound mercy It was September 1945. Imagine expecting monstrous brutality, but encountering profound mercy. 847 German women who had served the apparatus of the defeated regime stepped off transport ships…
“It Burns When You Touch It” – German Woman POW’s Hidden Injury Shocked the American Soldier. NU.
“It Burns When You Touch It” – German Woman POW’s Hidden Injury Shocked the American Soldier April 1945. A muddy field aid station somewhere near the Rhine. The tent sagged under the weight of rain and exhaustion. Outside, trucks growled…
Please Don’t Hurt Me” – German Woman POW Shocked When American Soldier Tears Her Dress Open. NU.
Please Don’t Hurt Me” – German Woman POW Shocked When American Soldier Tears Her Dress Open April 17th, 1945. A muddy roadside near Heilbronn, Germany. Nineteen-year-old Luftwaffe Helferin Anna Schaefer stood shaking in a ditch, her uniform torn, her face…
You’re Mine Now,” Said the U.S. Soldier After Seeing German POW Women Starved for Days. NU.
You’re Mine Now,” Said the U.S. Soldier After Seeing German POW Women Starved for Days The windmill creaked slow and rusted over the Hollis place that October morning in 1972, turning against a sky the color of old dishwater. Margaret…
German Child Soldiers Braced for Execution — Americans Brought Them Hamburgers Instead. NU.
German Child Soldiers Braced for Execution — Americans Brought Them Hamburgers Instead April 1945, somewhere south of Nürnberg. The war is in its last ugly days. Snow hangs in the air and the roads are half mud, half broken stone….
German Mother Begged American Soldier for Food, What He Did Next Shocked Her. NU.
German Mother Begged American Soldier for Food, What He Did Next Shocked Her March 1946, in the American zone of Berlin, snow was falling in thick, muffled flakes, softening the edges of a city that had been smashed to pieces….
This Is the Best Food I’ve Ever Had” — German Women POWs Tried American Food for The First Time. US.
This Is the Best Food I’ve Ever Had” — German Women POWs Tried American Food for The First Time On May 8th, 1945, the war in Europe was over. In a dusty field outside the ruined city of Darmstadt, Germany,…