world war ii

Alfred Daniel Wintle (known throughout most of his life as “AD”) was born in Ukraine in 1897. His father John was an English diplomat who was posted there along with his wife Teresa, Wintle’s mother. The family spent some time in Romania…

Hermann Goertz was born in the port city of Lubeck in northern Germany in 1890. He was from a family who traditionally became lawyers, and he was aiming to follow suit until the First World War interrupted his studies. Details are scant on…