The encounter between civilians and Soviet troops in the east had different characteristics from contact with the western forces. In East Prussia, Cellesia, and Pomerania,…

I see I have been too easy on you. I have made you into my pets. Yeah, that is what they call you, you know.…
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At train stations, central squares, and somewhat remote streets, informal exchanges were organized where money lost part of its importance compared to the value of…
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All factors she could compensate for. all variables she could account for. I have the shot, she said. Hold. Wait for clearance. Harper’s voice in…

The dust cloud rose 300 meters ahead, kicked up by the IED that had just vaporized the lead Humvey. Staff Sergeant Reese Callahan hit the…
In the Soviet zone, the police were reorganized with a strong presence of cadres linked to the KPD and SED assuming political security functions in…

Picture this. It is a warm May morning in 1944. A train pulls into a platform in southern Poland. Inside the carriages, families, mothers holding…
Curricula were revised, universities reopened under renewed administrations, and cultural, sports, and youth associations were promoted to replace the dissolved NSDAP organizations. In the Western…
Each category involved different levels of detention and possibility of trial. Prisoner of war camps in France, Belgium, and Western Germany quickly became overcrowded, forcing…

At the beginning of 1945, the Allied forces entered territories where the Nazi custody system was still active. The first reports described complexes with overcrowded…





