How German migrants witnessed the end of World War II (5/9)

In 2005 we asked our radio listeners in Australia: "Where were you on the 8th of May, 1945?" The many letters, phone calls and interviews were broadcast all around the nation. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Germany, we repeated the historical recording in 2020 and saved it for posterity in nine podcasts. PC 5: Christine Mühlhansel, Edith Bach, Anne Seitz and Harry W. Riemann.

“Auf dem Land als die Bomben fielen, da kann ich mich erinnern, dass ich mich so gefürchtet habe... - ich lag im Bett und mein ganzer Körper hat gezittert." Source: flickr/Ripp