The German Occupation of Guernsey began on 30 June 1940, a few weeks before he turned 16. In December 1944, as the island waited for the International Red Cross ship, he wrote in the letter to his ...

TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp ... The prisoners were given their remaining Red Cross parcels and forced to march under guard about 15-20 ...

He also met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Ben Ami said, "During the 491 days of my captivity, we didn’t see anyone [from the Red Cross]. Now, 536 days have passed, and no one ...

The Red Cross also sent over 100,000 food parcels to the Channel Islands, which were occupied by German troops from late June 1940 to 9 May 1945. On 15 April 1945, British and Canadian troops ...