“The German Teacher Asked Patton for Books to Reopen Her School — He Emptied an Entire Truck”
In April 1945, the fighting had moved through the German town of Noastadt three weeks earlier, leaving behind the usual destruction and an unusual quiet. A woman named Elsa Brenner had taught at the town's primary school for 14 years. The school building was intact, the desks were intact, the blackboards were intact. What was … Read more