the night only to be buried alive later this is my second mother when the nazis rounded up british u.g. scattered in villages nearby this woman saved me the germans dug a mass grave into which they were about to throw women and children this woman pushed me and my mom under her skirt when the german slaughtered everyone around and left this woman took me out from under her skirt crossed me and said i just did what god told me to. after nine days of fierce fighting hitler's forces captured most of the fortress but their losses amounted to almost nine thousand there were of course that isolated defenders remain resisting the nazis as leaders or gets to one hitler and mussolini personally visited his side of the battle it's claimed that a stone hitler picked up from the remains of the fortress was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked what was the biggest award for you the one most valued from. the most precious award for me is that i stayed alive everyone was fighting like true heroes but few survived but could i understand it four years of age and nothing it's only now that