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Ravensbruck was a labour camp within German borders, not far from Berlin. In the beginning it was, by camp standards, a ""better"" camp, designed for indoctrination and industrial …

More than 170,000 prisoners of war were taken by German and Italian forces during the Second World War. Conditions were tough. Rations were meager. The days dragged and there was a …

In 1942 the young soldier Arthur Dodd was taken prisoner by the German Army and transported to Oswiecim in Polish Upper Silesia. The German name for the place was 'Auschwitz': a …

Soldiers' Pay William Faulkner - "e;A deft hand has woven this narrative. . . . This book rings true."e;-New York TimesFaulkner's debut novel, Soldiers' Pay (1926), is …

An incredible tale of one man's adversity and defiance, for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Horace Greasley escaped over 200 times from a notorious German prison camp to see …

Suomessa toimi jatkosodan aikana kolme erityissotavankileiriä. Kurileiri, virallisesti Sotavankileiri nro 24, perustettiin heinäkuussa 1942 Kerimäen Riitasensuolle. Seuraavana …

This is not intended as a treatise on the futility of war, because that has been done before by much cleverer people. Neither is it a stirring story of escape, patriotism and …

John Geoffrey Lee (always known as Geoff) joined the RAF on his 20th birthday in June 1941. He left Liverpool on a troop ship in December 1941, with no idea where he was going. He …

The story of how HMS Seal's crew miraculously escaped death in their flooded submarine but are forced to surrender to the Germans and endure five years as prisoners of war while …

Throughout WWII, thousands of Allied prisoners dreamed of outwitting their captors and returning to war against the Axis. Their ingenuity knew no bounds: they went over the barbed …