The unwomanly face of war: an oral history of women in World War II

From a conversation with a historian

A human being is greater than war

"I don't want to remember..."

"Grow up, girls... you're still green..."

"I alone came back to Mama..."

"Two wars live in our house..."

"Telephones don't shoot..."

"They awarded us little medals..."

"It wasn't me..."

"I remember those eyes even now..."

"We didn't shoot..."

"They needed soldiers... but we also wanted to be beautiful..."

"Young ladies! Do you know: the Commander of a Sappier Platoon lives only two months..."

"To see him just once..."

"About tiny potatoes..."

"Mama, what's a papa?"

"And she puts her hand to her heart..."

"Suddenly we wanted desperately to live..."