Stories from the 1940's
In these stories we will not be
waving flags, or glorifying war. We will be paying testimony
to those who quietly endured and sometimes lost on both sides
of the conflict...
version Francaise
Deutsche version
(in collaboration with students of
Anna-Essinger-Gymnasium, Ulm, Germany)
Children
The End of War, but what will the winners do now?, Heinz escapes across the river
The Sack of Coffee-beans, one family's story of hardship
Teatime for Tommy on a typical day in 1942, the London Schoolboy
How many died?, the London Schoolboy answers Chaska High School
Coping with discrimination under the Nazi regime, the Vienna Schoolgirl
Growing up with the Russian occupation, the Vienna Schoolboy
With no memories of Mother or Father, the lost child from Siberia
The 3-month long walk from Burma to Northern India. -- Mrs Jagjit
Kohli.
A 'doodlebug' hits a school and the Canadian Army helps, by
Margaret Auckland.
Lithuania under the occupation, Daina Maslaiskaute's grandmother's
story
The British Army marches in, -- Werner Toporski
The German occupation of Jersey in the Channel Islands, the Jersey Schoolboy
His father shot, his mother sent to Auschwitz, the Warsaw Schoolboy
Buzz-bombs and doodle-bugs, by Bernard Bergonzi
The liberation of Belgium by the Canadian Army, -- Dr. Hubert
Christiaen.
War games under the occupation, and then the brutal reality,
the Dutch Schoolboy
A child alive among the corpses, Paola Cecchi's father's story
Pom pom guns and scarlet fever, -- John Richardson
From Poland to our Siberian exile, -- Romuald Lipinski
Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass, Emily's story
The Imprisoned American Schoolboy, -- Arthur D. Jacobs
The fire-bombing of Dresden, -- Lothar Metzger In uniform
Helping a war-torn Europe to recover, the Canadian Air Force Officer
Keeping the fighters in fighting trim, the RAF Engineer
Made to fight for the Nazis, surviving the 'Death March', the
Croatian Soldier
With the German Army in Norway, Andreas Hubel's grandfather's story
Escorting children from the dangers of 'the blitz', by Mary Langland
An Air Raid Warden in Coventry, by Mary Richardson
Victims of war
Living through the hell of Auschwitz, by Janina Parafjanowicz
Deported as a slave-labourer at age 14, by Feliks Chustecki
The Home front
Starting work on her 14th birthday, and living in wartime London, by Dot Baker
A conscientious objection to war, by Arthur Pay
The extraordinary occupation of France, by Helene Delattre
Paris during the war, three stories by Violette Wassem
Bombed-out in the London blitz, by Kath Brockington
Ruby's unexploded bomb, by Rosa Newby
The Americans arrive to occupy us, Monika Beck's great-grandmother's story
