U.S. prisoners liberated. A liberated American prisoner reads a book, leaning against a box covered with a towel.

U.S. prisoners liberated. A liberated American prisoner reads a book, leaning against a box covered with a towel. Boxes served as pillows for prisoners at Nazi Stalag XXII-A. Hospital cases slept on these wooden beds for months, others on a straw-strewn floor. Each man had only one blanket and there was no heat. The food consisted of a bowl of thin soup and a piece of bread a day.