HISTORIQUE
1946-1947

 

Melville Carson 1919-2008

Stalag Luft III prison camp survivor who forgave the Germans

North American Evacuation: a Good Idea or a Bad Mistake?

From Children: the Invisible Victims of War published in October 2008 by DSM

‘The boat on which I crossed was one of those in which England was sending children to Canada. The scene on deck was touching and amazing. A thousand children were at play in the sun around the guns that protected them. Three warships escorted us.

Caux is the Place

Danielle Maillefer

As he searched for an answer, he sensed that the moment for reconciliation would come and he wrote, ‘Caux is the place’.

60 Years on

Few countries have worked so hard to come to terms with their past, to repair, to restore as Germany has.

A Long Way

For many the war years were enough adventure to last a lifetime.

No 151's Bid for Freedom

Melville Carson, WW2 pilot

Melville Carson tells Paul Williams about his'great escape' from guilt and bitterness.

A Heart and a Soul for Europe

Map Europe

Europe will not find the way forward by avoiding conflict, but by transforming it, maintains Brian Walker.

See You After the Duration

Thousands of American families—and Canadian families too—offered to take in British children for the duration of the war.