When World War II POWs returned home, many couldn’t talk about the brutality they’d seen. Decades later one finally tells his story to the world. Read more.
World War II
A Lost Child in Wartime Detroit — A Headscarf Story
I couldn’t see the point of my mother’s skimpy yellow babushka — until the day I found myself a lost child in a cavernous Detroit department store. Read more.
Brutality Begets Brutality, That’s Why Torture is Not OK — An American POW’s Story
[caption id="attachment_1047" align="alignleft" width="303"] Halle, Germany, today with its castle and the Salle River c 2009 Stadt Halle, Salle[/caption]
I’d like the forty-nine percent of Americans who say torture is sometimes justified to hear the story of an American POW who survived a brutal forced march during World War II. My conclusion: Brutality begets brutality. Read more.