“Don’t Fall Asleep” — German Women POWs Slapped Awake by U.S. Soldiers in Freezing Wind
Автор: Hidden World Moves
Загружено: 2025-12-26
Просмотров: 574
In February 1945, 247 German women prisoners of war arrived at Camp Shanks, New York, expecting torture at the hands of their American captors. What they got instead was far more confusing. As freezing winds cut through their thin uniforms during a midnight transport, the women began slipping into hypothermia—falling asleep one by one in the deadly cold. Then American soldiers stormed through the trucks, slapping faces, shaking shoulders, and shouting desperate commands: "Stay awake! Don't close your eyes!" The women thought they were being beaten as punishment. They didn't realize they were being saved.
This powerful true story from World War II reveals what happened when German auxiliary workers—secretaries, nurses, radio operators—found themselves prisoners in enemy territory during one of the coldest winters on record. They had been taught that Americans were barbarians who would show no mercy. Instead, they discovered soldiers who spent hours forcing them to walk, keeping their blood flowing, refusing to let a single prisoner freeze to death on American soil. The same hands that slapped them awake wrapped them in blankets, fed them hot broth, and treated them with a dignity that shattered everything they believed about their enemies.
What happens when mercy looks like violence? When the people saving your life seem like the ones attacking you? This is the untold story of German women POWs, the brutal American winter that nearly killed them, and the enemy soldiers who fought harder to keep them alive than their own nation ever had. Sometimes the greatest act of kindness doesn't feel kind at all—until you're still alive to understand it.
Доступные форматы для скачивания:
Скачать видео mp4
-
Информация по загрузке:
