German “Comfort Women” POWs Were Shocked When British Soldiers Didn’t Even Touch Them скачать в хорошем качестве

German “Comfort Women” POWs Were Shocked When British Soldiers Didn’t Even Touch Them

September 1945, 11:20 a. m. A prisoner transport train somewhere in Lincolnshire. The box car door slides open. Light floods in. Pale English autumn light that makes the women blink and shield their faces. 32 German women, still wearing the soiled remnants of vermached auxiliary uniforms, steal themselves for what comes next. Gera Hoffman, 23 years old, communications clerk from the seventh Panza division, feels her stomach tighten. She's heard the stories. Every woman in this car has heard the stories. What conquering armies do to the women they capture. What the Russians did in Slesia. What they all believe the British would do here. A British sergeant appears in the doorway. Middle-aged, tired eyes. He doesn't smile, but he doesn't lear either.