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...their meticulously tidy barracks, they hang up an occasional picture of Hitler. (U.S. prisoners in Germany enjoy the privilege of hanging whatever pictures they please.) More often the Germans have pictures of their families, the Goethe deathmask and Varga girls. They decorate their mess halls with elaborate paintings-the Alps, German heroes, busty girls. Across one day room an artist has painted a group of naked women, on the wall opposite the stern admonition "Ein guter Soldat muss verzichten koennen." (A good soldier must learn to do without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Legion of Despair | 3/19/1945 | See Source »

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