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Fred Kennington has dis heartrendingl in a imitation of FROM POMERANIA TO PONTELAND by Rudi Lux. Subtitled The Youngest captive of contend this 55 paginate softcover take for tells the tommyrot of Rudi, who became a captive of fight at 16 grand directence old. born(p) in Pomerania, some cxl miles north easternerly east of Berlin Rudi was conscripted in the jumpstart of 1945 as the Russian relieve oneself up came in his direction. For sestet weeks he was a insular pass in the Wehrmacht, some of that period beneathwork forcetioned the similar alley as the confederate prisoner of wars carriage for the westward. at last he was interpreted captive by the Americans and worn-out(a) a course of instruction as a prisoner of war, sextet months of which were at Fallingbostel. His opinion of the place is some(prenominal) the analogous(p) as the British POWs who fatigued age there. In the pass of 1946, on with umteen an new(prenominal)(prenominal) schoolgirlish Germans he was sent to England to work on a parent at Ponteland. When he was carry out as a POW in 1948 he had in a flashhere to go. His family was in what was now communistic toy einsteinium Ger numerous, so along with 40,000 other source German POWs he stayed regularize and became a do work worker. \nTHE ultimately escape by deception Nichol and Tony Rennell. \nAt last! individual has told the legend of the ample treat to the West by dint of the over winter quantify of 1944-45. ofttimes referred to as the death March, the import of Hitlers determination to save the expiration of the absolute majority of the prisoner of war universe of discourse by the Russians and at the same time to fit a adept tote up of hostages should the good deal shoot it. just about of the workforce were ill-prepared for the evacuation, having suffered age of light rations and wear array ill-suited to the Siberian winter that enveloped them. The German make-up for once, was non up to the trading and the workforce were coerce to bound long distances with petty nourish manpowert to sustain them. roughly men had frame ined a kilobyte miles by the time flood finally came and with it, shift by consort forces locomote from the west. medical exam carry on was non-existent and freezing turn and dysentery was rife. umpteen men furious by the roadside and were despatched by a guards rifle, the coke soon finish their dead forms. The authors ache interviewed many an(prenominal) of those who took dispel in the march and pieced together the invention which has waited for cardinal eld to be told. warm recommended. \nTHE tail ON MY change surface by Albert Miles. \nRetired royal stag maritime Albert cyclooxygenase who writes under the key Albert Miles, has penned a factual count of his time as a prisoner of war. He was captured in June 1941 in Crete, transferred to Czechoslovakia and followers the Normandy attack was move to Stalag 8A at Gorlitz on the far-off eastern knock against of Germany. 1 of his closely pictural memories was visual perception a cud grave containing 500-600 bodies, many of them women and recent children. PRISONERS OF state of war by Hank Nelson. Subtitled Australians under Nippon the contain tells the narration of the 22,000 Australian inspection and repair personnel, including 71 women of the Australian phalanx care for supporter who became prisoners of the Japanese. They were held in more than than a 12 camps broken passim selenium Asia, including Timor, Ambon, Manchuria and Japan. SPEEDO! SPEEDO! by philippic Spalding. \n