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WWII Russian POW remembers the Americans who helped him

An evening pause: History must not be forgotten.

Hat tip Tom Biggar.

Genesis cover

On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
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"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

5 comments

  • Steve Richter

    Wonderful story. Just an objection that CBS news says the American soldiers risked their lives to help the Russians. No doubt the Germans were brutal toward the Russians. But were any American POWs killed for attempting to get food to their Russian counterparts? In general, I cannot think of any reports of American POWs being executed by German captors.

  • Yes, an amazing story! Thanks for sharing.

    Steve Richter: there were 50 POWs murdered after escaping from Stalag Luft III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III#Murders_of_escapees

    I’m certain there are more.

  • Dick Eagleson

    There was also the infamous Malmedy Massacre of American prisoners by the German SS during the early phases of the Battle of the Bulge. These were all freshly-taken prisoners who never survived long enough to be incarcerated in a camp.

    Hitler also issued a general order in the middle of the war to the effect that any enemy commandos/special operations troops captured were to be summarily executed. This order was carried out on numerous occasions thereafter.

  • wayne

    Dick–

    “Saints and Soldiers”
    2003
    https://youtu.be/XULA_eWzLvA
    1:30:29

    “Saints and Soldiers is a 2003 war drama film directed by Ryan Little and produced by Little and Adam Abel. It is loosely based on events that took place after the Malmedy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge. The film stars Corbin Allred, Alexander Niver, Lawrence Bagby, and Peter Asle Holden as the four American soldiers trying to return Kirby Heyborne, a British soldier with vital intelligence, to the Allied lines.”

  • David M. Cook

    You need to read T.D. Calnen‘s book ”Free as a running fox“. He tells all about tunnelling, escaping as well as helping Russians. Great read!

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