Photo leads to the reunion of WWII veteran with Italian children that he saved.
"Things could have been so different in just a second. Because he hesitated, there have been generations of people," said Martin Adler's daughter.
“Look at my smile,’’ Adler said of the long-awaited in-person reunion, made possible by the reach of social media.The very first time the soldier and the children saw each other, in 1944, the three faces peeked out of a huge wicker basket where their mother had hidden them as soldiers approached. Adler thought the house was empty, so he trained his machine gun on the basket when he heard a sound, thinking a German soldier was hiding inside.
Adler still trembles when he remembers that he was only seconds away from opening fire on the basket. And after all these decades, he still suffers nightmares from the war, said his daughter, Rachelle Donley. They shared a video reunion in December, and waited until the easing of pandemic travel rules made the trans-Atlantic trip possible.
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