The Story of a German Girls Escape from the Russian Forces in WWII

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  • Interviewee name: Peter Whelan

  • Date of event: 1 Jan 1945

  • Peter Whelan recants a story told to him by a German girl he met while serving as a Sergeant in Allied-Occupied Germany, He tells of her Escape from the Russians as a small child running through snow all the way to Berlin and what faced her upon her arrival.Peter Whelan recants a story told to him by a German girl he met while serving as a Sergeant in Allied-Occupied Germany, He tells of her Escape from the Russians as a small child running through snow all the way to Berlin and what faced her upon her arrival.

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from Stuart Prebble 16th Mar 2011, 08:40

This is an amazing story. Anyone interested in what things were like for German civilians as World War 2 came to an end should also look at the interviews with Raymond Elias on this site. The general "received wisdom" is that the advancing Russian troops were out of control and largely brutalised everyone, but Raymond's account also tells of encountering kindness in what was otherwise a terrible situation. Fascinating stuff. SP