The Margraten Boys: How a European Village Kept America's Liberators Alive

Schrijvers, P.

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 not only the graves, but the memories, of over 10,000 US soldiers in the cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-02-23

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780230346642

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Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 319