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“They Were Ready to Die: How Fried Chicken Saved 14 German Child Soldiers from Execution, Changing Their Lives Forever”
“They Were Ready to Die: How Fried Chicken Saved 14 German Child Soldiers from Execution, Changing Their Lives Forever”
In the final months of World War II, 14 German child soldiers—some as young as twelve—found themselves kneeling in a Bavarian field, their backs to the enemy. They were prepared to face the cold barrel of American rifles, their lives about to be snuffed out in the chaos of war. They had been taught to fight to the death, to embrace their fate without fear. But on that fateful day in April 1945, the fate these young boys faced would take a completely unexpected turn—thanks to a simple, yet profound, act of kindness.
