Thank you for this suzanna. It's fascinating to hear stories of the post-war German landscape in the American sector 1945-47'. Far too many of these accounts are never published. Eisenhower's (Morgenthau's) revenge was diabolical and probably still hidden from 90% of the American populace. Around the time your father found those GIs seek…
Thank you for this suzanna. It's fascinating to hear stories of the post-war German landscape in the American sector 1945-47'. Far too many of these accounts are never published. Eisenhower's (Morgenthau's) revenge was diabolical and probably still hidden from 90% of the American populace. Around the time your father found those GIs seeking interpreters my grandfather (from Freiburg and later Mainz) was living on a farm in Switzerland under an assumed name. In 44' he "deserted" with my French grandmother who was in the resistance. How war upends lives and defers dreams.
Thank you for this suzanna. It's fascinating to hear stories of the post-war German landscape in the American sector 1945-47'. Far too many of these accounts are never published. Eisenhower's (Morgenthau's) revenge was diabolical and probably still hidden from 90% of the American populace. Around the time your father found those GIs seeking interpreters my grandfather (from Freiburg and later Mainz) was living on a farm in Switzerland under an assumed name. In 44' he "deserted" with my French grandmother who was in the resistance. How war upends lives and defers dreams.