[Chainmail]

I had a funny experience while I was travelling by train from Frankfurt to Marseille about 26 years ago. I was sitting across from an older German couple and the man was glaring at me. He said "English?" and I said "no, American".

He said "I cannot stand Americans - you held me prisoner in 1943 and made me harvest corn in Tennessee".

I asked him if he had been captured in North Africa and he said yes, then I smiled and said "bet it was better than going to Russia".

He smiled and bought me breakfast.

[FreedomPoster]

That is funny! Lol here!

You may have given him a whole new perspective on the experience in an instant.