Hitler's she wolves The innocent girls as young as ten who were turned into savage fighters sent to 'drown the enemy in their own blood'... and paid a terrible price - Live News
Hitler's she wolves The innocent girls as young as ten who were turned into savage fighters sent to 'drown the enemy in their own blood'... and paid a terrible price Barbie Densk shivered under a blanket as she lay in a slit trench inside the barricaded German city of Aachen on the night of October 12, 1944. She was a member of Hitler's Bund Deutscher Madel – or League of German Girls – and had volunteered to defend her home and family from the American infantry encircling the city. The assault finally came at 9am. 'It was very sudden, loud and startling,' she said. 'There was a series of explosions, followed by rifle and machine-gun fire, shouts and screams. I blew my whistle to raise the alarm. 'Through my binoculars, I could see enemy soldiers. I clicked off the safety catch on my rifle, the other girls followed suit, and we began to fire at the Americans.' The reality of warfare came as a shock. 'There was a flash and a loud bang,' ...