The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Chatham County, GA, will continue its monthly Author Talk series with a special program on December 11 at 10:00 a.m. The museum will host a screening of Kriegie Kids: On Our Father’s Trail, followed by a Q&A with three participants featured in the film. Admission is free, though advance registration is requested at https://forms.gle/kcNxFX5KKgqHdnLY6.
Guests wishing to stay for lunch after the program may do so; the optional meal is $10/$12 for members and $15/$17 for non-members, payable by cash or credit.
About the Film
Kriegie Kids follows five adults who come together nearly eighty years after World War II to retrace the paths their fathers walked as prisoners of war in Germany. Each of them is the child of a U.S. airman who was shot down, captured, and later held at Stalag Luft IV, which is one of the largest POW camps for non-commissioned Air Force officers. Their journey takes them through Germany and Poland as they try to understand the parts of their fathers’ stories that were rarely spoken about at home. A central focus of the film is the forced march from Stalag Luft IV, known as the “Black March” or “Death March,” during which prisoners endured freezing temperatures, disease, starvation, and exhausting daily miles on foot. The film sheds light on the suffering these young airmen endured and the lasting impact their experiences had on the generations that followed. For more information and to support the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, visit www.mightyeighth.org.
