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We were each other's prisoners, an oral history of World War II American and German prisoners of war, Lewis H. Carlson

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We were each other's prisoners, an oral history of World War II American and German prisoners of war, Lewis H. Carlson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258)

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contains biographical information

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We were each other's prisoners

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

35686103

Responsibility statement

Lewis H. Carlson

Sub title

an oral history of World War II American and German prisoners of war

Summary

This book compares the experiences of POWs from both sides of World War II. Based on over 150 interviews with surviving prisoners, Lewis Carlson brings the stories of these men to life, the memories as vivid as if the events occurred just yesterday. From the anti-Nazi German soldier who tried desperately to surrender rather than fight for Hitler, to the U.S. prisoner who thrice escaped his German captors -- the last time to join Russian troops in the Battle of Berlin -- to the Jewish-American prisoner who was shipped to a slave labor camp, these accounts reveal the terror and anguish of being captured and celebrate the resilience that kept these soldiers alive

Table Of Contents

Soldiers and prisoners -- Captured! -- Life in the bag -- Escape! -- German political battles in American prison camps -- American Sonder prisoners -- Liberation and repatriation -- Legacy

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