Fräuleins and GIs

"Meeting an American soldier was a glimpse of hope..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted in March 1994

"My fiancé was gunned down in the war, and then I met Bob..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted in October, 1994

"They were good-looking guys and they had money..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted in September, 1993

"They were more gallant, not so macho..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted in October, 1993

"...and now his daughter is having a baby, and from the American enemy, no less..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted in October, 1994

"When the stags fight, the doe goes to the winner..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian man, interview conducted in December, 1994

"The GIs wanted to dance with our girls, without asking us..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian man, interview conducted in March, 1994

"How could you ever marry an American..."
Postwar reminiscences of an Austrian woman, interview conducted in September 1993

"...what happened to the women in the countries that were overrun by Hitler's army..."
Letter to the editor written by an American soldier in an Austrian newspaper, 1946

"Do you think that Austrians and Americans should marry?"
Question of the week in the GI newspaper "Rainbow Reveille", 1946

"European Maiden versus American Girl"
Article in an Austrian magazine about GIs' preference for European women, 1947