"Is This Prison?" — Wehrmacht POWs Stunned by American Camp's Movie Theater
Автор: The Partisan Path
Загружено: 2025-11-22
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When German soldiers stepped off the trucks at American prisoner of war camps in nineteen forty-four, they carried more than duffel bags and fatigue—they carried fear. It clung to them like another layer of uniform, woven from propaganda, rumor, and the fading echoes of battlefield terror. They had been told—again and again—that Americans were savages. The Nazi regime had painted a picture of Allied troops as brutal, vengeful, and bloodthirsty. German commanders warned their men that surrender was a death sentence: torture, starvation, or a bullet in the back of the head. For many, stepping onto American soil as a prisoner felt less like survival and more like entering the lion’s den.
And so, when the gates of the American camps swung open, they hesitated. Some looked for ditches. Others expected dogs, clubs, or jeering crowds. What they found instead unsettled them more than the threat of violence—it was kindness. There were clean barracks, medical tents, warm meals, Red Cross oversight, and guards who addressed them not with curses, but with rules. Some were even greeted in halting German: “Welcome. Follow instructions. No trouble.” It didn’t feel like captivity. It felt, in an odd and disorienting way, like dignity.
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