by Elaine Thomas | Apr 17, 2020 | World War II
By chance, I found myself the link between a Canadian prisoner of war and a young German nurse whose lives fleetingly intersected during World War II. A shiver runs down my spine every time I retell this story. The minute I pulled into Renate’s driveway near...
by Elaine Thomas | Oct 24, 2018 | World War II
World War II veteran Winston Parker was shot down over Germany in 1942. The aviator then spent three years as a prisoner of war in Stalag VIIIB near Lamsdorf, Germany. Born in Calgary, Canada, in 1918, Parker had grown up on a farm. After England declared war on...
