Romana Antonelli was only a child during the war, but war intruded on her family when her American-born mother decided to rescue a downed British flier in Nazi occupied northern Italy.
Romana Antonelli
At the end of World War II, a corner of northeastern Italy was awarded to Yugoslavia, uprooting thousands of Italian civilians who’d lived in the area for generations. Laura Busnardo recounts how the evictions dispersed families and friends all over the world.
Laura Busnardo
As a young boy growing up in the countryside of England, Robert Goldie frequently saw German bombers fly directly over his house on their way to raid English cities. One night, he saw the devastation brought to two cities from miles away.
Robert Goldie
Bryan Jaggers was just 7 years old and living in a suburb of London when World War II began. Within a year, the German Blitz would hit very close to his family.
Bryan Jaggers
Martin Small
As a court reporter at the Nuremberg Trials, Vivien Spitz saw some of the worst of humanity, but also describes how some were able to resist the Nazis…even in the concentration camps.
Vivien Spitz
As a girl, Dutch native JosMarie Vanderspek lived under German occoupation. She tells how the Germans directly impacted her family’s life, and of their efforts to resist by assisting the Dutch Underground.