Monthly Archives: December 2011

Truce in the Forest – seeing the bigger picture

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

It was Christmas Eve, 1944, and 12 year-old Fritz Vincken was with his mother in a hunting cottage in the Hurtgen Forest, near the German-Belgian border.  A charming cottage in the snowy woods seems like a wonderful setting for Christmas, … Continue reading →

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