The Margraten Boys How a European Village Kept America's Liberators Alive |
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| Author:
| Schrijvers, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-34664-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $129.99 |
Book Description:
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Both harrowing and redeeming, this is the history of a unique 'adoption' system. For generations, local families, grateful for the sacrifice of their liberators from Nazi occupation, have cared for the graves of over ten thousand US soldiers in the cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands, keeping their memory alive for their far-away next of kin.
Both harrowing and redeeming, this is the history of a unique 'adoption' system. For generations, local families, grateful for the sacrifice of their liberators from Nazi occupation, have cared for the graves of over ten thousand US soldiers in the cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands, keeping their memory alive for their far-away next of kin.