Little German girl in Nuernberg recalls Nazi ruin and hope
In Nuernberg, PAULINE FREDERICK meets Hertha Strobl, eight, living amid bombed castle ruins and bunkers. She recalls the 1930s anti Jewish fervor, her family’s flight to air raid shelters, and lost dolls, hoping to run a chocolate shop someday as she imagines a castle city scarred by war.
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Pauline Frederick Wiu
Nuernberg
Borrt
Hertha Strobl
Hertha
Strobl
Old City
Albrecht Durer
Julius Streicher
Germany
Frau Strobl
Jerr Strobl
Russia
Bavaria
International Military Tribunal
Fim
Strobls
Bombed First Trial Reflections From Two Boys
A writer recalls two young boys with no fuel to heat their schoolhouse who discuss the Nazi war crimes trial. They deem the trial too good for the defendants, revealing unsettling, mature sentiments beyond their years amid a bleak wartime scene.
German youths recall Nürnberg bombardment in defiant chorus
A narrator recalls speaking to German boys living in Nürnberg who chant that they “did it to you” when asked about anger toward Brit ish and Americans for the city's destruction. The exchange presents a stark, unsettling perspective on wartime resentment and youth exposure to violence.
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Nuernberg
Harley Kilgore
West Virginia
Cabinet ladies and menus in Truman era ration talks
The piece describes cabinet wives studying menus to mirror a European ration of 1,640 calories per day as urged by President Truman. It details a sample menu with calories for breakfast lunch and dinner and notes the broader context of postwar food conservation efforts. It also covers Betty Lou Hall's poppy presentation to Truman and broader political musings on army morals overseas and a primary election upset involving Rep. Robert Chiperfield.
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Washington
Europe
Truman
Clinton Anderson
Betty Lou Hall
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pattern Set Offers Wide Range of Kids Play Dress
Pattern No. Bis comes in sizes 12 14 16 18 and 20. Size 14 requires yards of material for 35 or 38 inch width. Practical Play Set A provides a gay practical play outfit for youngsters aged 2 to 10 ideal for active summer wear. The dress features a buttoned extended design.
Silk-like fiber from Mediterranean shellfish used in cloth
A pinna species from the Mediterranean secretes a strong silky filament once woven into cloth in Italy a century ago.
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Mediterranean
Italy
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