She Overheard War Stories
“My mum did this once when a friend of her father came round to visit. She was tired and pretended to fall asleep on the sofa, cause she didn’t want to be spoken to. Her father and his friend proceed to talk about the war (This is WW2 and they’re Polish).
This friend was sent to the border between Poland and Ukraine, and some villages were attacked by [neighboring] Ukrainians for some reason I’m still not sure about. He said they killed people by sawing them in half, and loads of other gruesome things she wouldn’t tell me.” Story credit: Reddit / @steerpike88