Tag: Nazi occupation

  • An eye-witness account of Nazi occupation

    An eye-witness account of Nazi occupation

    At the age of 85, I am probably one of the few survivors of the German occupation of Ukraine/Russia from 1941 to 1943 who still have clear personal memories of that time. When the German army occupied Chortitza, Ukraine, where I lived, we Mennonites were exuberant. I remember vividly the euphoria of being liberated from…