“I Can’t Close My Legs” – German Woman POW Shocks the American Doctor

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July 1945, Camp Swift, Texas. The exam room is hot and still, smelling of disinfectant and dust, while a tired ceiling fan clicks above a worn army table. A 24year-old German woman, P, stands in the doorway, her legs shaking so badly she can barely move them together. "I uh I can't close my legs," she whispers to the American doctor, who thinks he ... Read More