Many years after the Hurtgen Forest Incident two men are reunited to remember the fear, the hunger and the astonishment that occurred the night before Christmas 1944 when an amazing mother ordered 7 soldiers to lay down their weapons and behave.
German doctor Günter Stüttgen initiated a truce to allow medical care for wounded German and American soldiers.
For one night in a freezing cabin, deep in the Hürtgen Forest a German mother made enemies into brothers in arms and restored humanity in the middle of war.
A MOMENT OF HUMANITY AMID THE FOG OF WAR
Calibrating the moral compass in the middle of battle, counter to orders, remains a rare and courageous example of the human spirit, the warrior spirit.
Welcome to the first in a series of Blogs that explores this uplifting and controversial moment of humanity.
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