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Dirty Londoners in Norfolk by Terri Gleeson

He called the police and they came round with a bucket of water in the back of the car, and put the...

An encounter with the enemy: In North London

On 7th September 1940 wave after wave of German bombers were attacking the docks in the east end of London....

Women Captures Parachutist

The German became very agitated and the man said to my mother " Good job you were here lady or I would...

Gosforth Park Training Days: 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

1st September 1939 I was called up, my 21st birthday.My training for the army took place in Newcastle...

World War 2 Survivors Interview

After a few weeks in the camp Mr. Pipitone was asked if he wanted to go to another camp but they...

One day in Berlin

My Grandad always told me stories about WW2, this one is special.When he was a child he lived in Berlin and...

Teenager of the Third Reich

It was late November 1944 and as the only male of fighting ageleft in the village of...

Meeting with the Germans

Essex saw a lot of air battles; enemy aircraft were as familiar as our own Spitfires and Hurricanes, but...

My time in Germany: Memories of the German Army

His reply was that he was not a spy for the Germans and he didn't intend starting as a British spy....

An Irish Tale

Ernest is an Irish man; he believes many Irishmen served in the war because they saw an opportunity to get...

The "Volkssturm": A Comic Situation

However, my father was continually harrassed by the local party officials, who had risen from nowhere and...

Hands Across the Water - German POW Friend

When the war ended and my uncle was released, one of these parcels was still in transit and somehow was...

P.O.Ws in Aldersbrook

I went to Saffron Walden with my sister and we looked across to London and it'd be a mass of flames......

Italian P.O.W.'s

We saw three Italian P.O.W.’s arguing along the road... These Italian P.O.W. waited till we got to...

Rudolph Hess.

He used to live in Cambridge, being a librarian at Peterhouse College and also sang, as a tenor in the...

Pygmys and Pipatone

Mr. Pipotone is Italian but he lived in Tunisia for most of his younger life when he was old enough he...

Memories of a Child: In North Sunderland

They bombed the railway between Seahouses and Chathill - it was thought they had been bombing the Tyne and...

Shepherd Pilot

A shepherd came running towards us and into our building to ring the authorities as he had discovered a...

A German PoW in Scotland

When he eventually went home in 1947 or 1948 to his wife and daughter for years and years he used to say...

Teo Domanski: An SS Soldier on the Eastern Front

Unfortunately, or fortunately as it turned out, the friend accidentally shot my grandfather in the back so...

German POW Camp - Oakington

During the war there was an German internment camp in the next village Oakington and the German's were...

The Italian Prisoner: Borehamwood to Los Angeles

During the war I was evacuated to Boreham Wood and on my way to school in the mornings I used to wave...

From Dragoni to Blackshaw Moor

Some of mum's brothers were in the Italian Army and actually fought against the British. Mum always...

German Pilot: Childhood Memories of Eccles

We thought we had waved to a Spitfire pilot, we found out later that it was a German plane being chased by...

A German POW’s Story

It is about 60 years ago since the first German POWs were here at High Garrett... Initially it was for...

My Great Uncle

On D-day -3 he was wounded by a spitfire but was back in action by d+3. He was in the 12th SS...