Quote Originally Posted by riverrunner1984 View Post
She was ok and glad she saw it but I can tell it was a bit tough for her. I saw her crying a few times as we were on the tour. How in humane these people were treated is just uncomprehendable
I could see the anxiety in my parents just before they went back to their home town for the first time. They waited several years after the walls came down before going.
Mom and my Oma had to hide in the mountains when the Russians came through their city raping and pillaging and destroying everything. Something that happened on several occassions.
Dad has told me of his dark cargo train rides and being dumped off somewhere. His father died in a Russian POW camp.