"German POW Women Were Beaten By Their Own Guards — U.S. Soldiers Witnessed It, Discharged 3 German

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June 1945. When 247 German women stepped off a transport train at Camp Shanks, New York, American soldiers heard screams coming from the boxcars. Inside, three male German officers were beating female prisoners with belts and rifle butts for allegedly stealing food. The women expected abuse from their American captors—they'd been told the enemy were monsters. Instead, within one hour, U.S. soldiers arrested all three German officers and removed them from command. The prisoners couldn't believe it: protection came from the enemy, not from their own. This is the shocking true story of German women who served as radio operators, medical assistants, and clerks for the Wehrmacht, only to discover that everything they'd been taught about the Americans was a lie. From Lieutenant Morrison's intervention on that first day to Nurse Sarah Mitchell's gentle care, from Private Tommy Chen's kindness in the laundry to the devastating films about concentration camps, these women underwent a profound transformation. They were fed three meals a day while their families starved in Hamburg's ruins. They received medical treatment from the same enemy they'd feared would torture them. They watched as the officers who beat them faced court-martial for violating Geneva Convention rules their own nation had ignored. This forgotten World War 2 account reveals how 247 women learned the hardest lesson possible: that your worst enemy can treat you better than your own people when your own people have lost their way. Discover how small acts of dignity and respect shattered Nazi propaganda, why American kindness proved more powerful than any weapon, and how these women carried the truth forward to rebuild post-war Germany with lessons about questioning authority and choosing humanity over blind obedience.