"They're Bigger Than We Expected" — German POW Women React to Their American Guards

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Louisiana, September 1944. The train carrying German prisoners slowed at Camp Rustin, and 19 women pressed their faces against barred windows, straining to see what awaited them. They had been told stories, propaganda lessons about American degeneracy, about a soft and weakened people corrupted by luxury. Then the guards appeared on the platform, 6... Read More