Imagine you are just fifteen years old. But fifteen, in 1944 Germany approaches adulthood. Like it or not, conscription awaits for you and your friends. Anton apprentices in his late father’s trade as a watchmaker, even though he dreams of … Continue reading
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April 14, 2015
by Rose Scott
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Flight and Expulsion of Ethnic Germans
It was not quite dawn as they turned onto the road headed southwest…towards the river Oder which had frozen over this winter. An endless caravan of people were fleeing their homes in hopes of crossing into German-held territory, away from … Continue reading