ThefollowingaccountisbyaGermanwomanlivinginBerlininthefinaldaysofHitler'sThirdReich:
"Westoodinlonglinesatthegrocerystorewaitingtoreceiveourrationallowance.Therewasasad-lookingboyacrossthestreetstandingbehindsomebushes.Iwentovertohimandsawananti-tankgrenadelyingbesidehim.Hesaidhehadbeenorderedtolieinwaitthere,andwhenasoviettankapproachedhewastorununderitandexplodethegrenade.Iaskedhowthatwouldwork,buthedidn'tknow.Infact,thisfrailchilddidn'tevenlookcapableofcarryingsuchagrenade.
"Bynow,hewassobbingandmutteringsomething,probablycallingforhismother,andtherewasnothingIcoulddotohelp."
以下是一位德國婦人的筆記。希特勒第三帝國覆亡的時候,她家在柏林。
「我們在食品雜貨品排成幾條長龍,等候領取配給的糧食。馬路對面一些矮樹後,站着一個滿面愁容的男童。我走過去,見他身旁放了一枚反坦克車手榴彈。他說奉命在那裏埋伏,有蘇聯坦克車開到,就走到車下,引爆那枚手榴彈。我問這怎麼可以做得到,他也不知道。事實上,這個孱弱的孩子,似乎連那枚手榴彈都難以拿得起。
「這時,他一邊啜泣,一邊喃喃的說了些話,大概是叫喚母親。而我完全愛莫能助。」