B.Z. Brides
SIR,—I have read Benjamin Richards's B.Z. Brides with interest. He attempts to tell us who they are, where they come from and why they
marry British troops. Perhaps you will allow me, as having taken a German girl to be my wife, to make comment.
Firstly I would ask Mr. Richards why it is surprising how short-lived was the British policy of non-fraternisation immediately after the cessa- tion of hostilities. Secondly, would he not also Consider it natural for the best sort of German girl to marry one of the British troops?
I took my German wife over four years ago. 'She was not homeless, poor, without work or being forced to prostitution. But would Mr.
Richards say I should have first given my wife a " Fragebogen My marriage is indeed a happy one like many others.
Where does Mr. Richards obtain his information from when he writes that illegitimate babies were liable to go hungry before food-rationing stopped in Germany because no one felt responsible for providing rations? Were the German authorities consulted on this point or is it that the knowledge I had of ration-cards being issued to provide rations for these children was pure myth? Will Mr. Richards please clarify the
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