The Encounter of the People of Austria with US Soldiers after
World War II
An Austrian-American Dialogue
The Encounter of the People of Austria with US Soldiers after
World War II
An Austrian-American Dialogue
The Austrian population welcomes the American
soldiers
B/W Photo: Salzburg, May 1945
"Americans? What kind of people are they?"
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in January, 1995
"The Nazis said that the Americans were releasing
potato beetles to ruin our harvest..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in September, 1994
"...destroying society with their Negro music..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian man, interview conducted in
February, 1995
"From the Nazis, we never heard anything
positive about the Americans"
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in November, 1994
"We were afraid that the Russians were coming..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in September, 1994
"There were a bunch of Negroes in the tanks..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in September, 1994
"The Americans also did things during the
war that weren't all fine and honorable..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian man, interview conducted in
February, 1995
"Even though I was an invalid, the Americans
took my bicycle..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian man, interview conducted in
December, 1994
"With the greatest courage I've ever shown
in my life, I prevented the Americans from quartering troops in our house..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in December, 1994
"A bunch of Santa Clauses in Jeeps..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in October, 1994
"Man, they look just like us..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in October, 1993
"We regarded them as liberators..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted
in February, 1994