'No one wants a Nazi in their family': a German prisoner of war, a secret affair and the mystery of my dad's parentage | Family

Thousands of Germans were held in camps in Britain after the war – and local women who ‘fraternised’ with them scandalised the nation. Could one of these illicit relationships explain the puzzle at the heart of my family tree?

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