In honour of Remembrance Day, also called Veterans’ Day and Armistice Day, here is an excerpt, part of a World War II soldier’s account of the reality of being a prisoner of the nazis.
S5 Ep110: Tables turned: The occupation of Germany after 1945—Episode 110 – Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2
What happened after the end of the fighting in the war, and the occupation of Germany by the Allies. Link:Graham Chandler, "The Happiest Prisoners," Legion magazine, 15 March 2012 https://legionmagazine.com/the-happiest-prisonersSourcesAnonymous (Marta Hillers), A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City, A Diary. Berlin: Die Andere Bibliothek, 2011.Harald Jahner, Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945—1955. New York, USA: Borzoi Books published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. Paul Roland, Life After the Third Reich: The Struggle to Rise from the Nazi Ruins. London, UK: Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2018.
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This excerpt came from Army of Worn Soles: Volume 1 of the Eastern Front Trilogy, the true story of a Canadian drafted into the Soviet Red Army, 1941–1945.
Learn more about Army of Worn Soles.