“I really should be studying now, but you're much more important to me than a .50 calibre machine gun.” — Kara Martinelli Copy Share Image
“Ari: The serial number was now my new name. I was dehumanized. I was branded like an animal, but was treated worse.… — Christopher Huh Copy Share Image
“Of babies born alive and in hospitals during that month of July 1945, 92 percent would die within then days.” — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“There was nothing conservative about Adolf Hitler. Hitler was an artist and a revolutionary at heart. He wanted to completely upend and… — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
“The agreement,' the colonel announced, 'says thirty-seven officers, fifty vehicles, and one hundred seventy five men.' 'What agreement?' 'The Berlin Agreement,” — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“When General George Patton tried to convince Eisenhower to make a push to conquer the city first, Eisenhower blithely asked, 'Well, who… — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“...the experience of battle forever divides those who talk of nothing else but its prospect from those who talk of everything else… — James D. Hornfischer Copy Share Image
“World War II ended in a battle for a single buildng, Germany's Reichstag...7,000 German troops defending the building...Nearly 5,000 men died in… — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“The president didn't ask me any questions. But I'm glad he didn't, because I was so shocked watching him that I don't… — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“War is unlike life. It's a denial of everything you learn life is. And that's why when you get finished with it,… — Robert Graff Copy Share Image
“Eventually, a Soviet general sat down in the empty seat next to Howley. Rank-conscious, the Russian visibly shuddered when he realized he… — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“Doctors in 1945 would report that one of Berlin's children's favorite games was 'rape.' When they saw a man in uniform--even a… — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“Pinto recalled in his memoirs after the war that Waelti, who was actually a Dutchman, "did not look like a very dangerous… — Robert Verkaik Copy Share Image
“Ad they entered Berlin, while still killing off the last of its German defenders, The Russians indulged in an orgy of rape… — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“When I opened the box, I had to remove myself from whose handwriting it was that I was reading and whose story… — Kara Martinelli Copy Share Image
“I never felt able to describe my emotional reactions when I first came face to face with indisputable evidence of Nazi brutality… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“I was sleeping on the couch one afternoon when suddenly I sensed that someone was leaning over me. When I opened my… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
“Enjoy the war,' read the graffiti left on Berlin's walls. 'The peace will be terrible.” — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
“Five thousand boys and girls under the age of sixteen were estimated to have fought in the defense of Berlin. Five hundred… — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
