Guests of the Third Reich, Anthony Richards
Guests of the Third Reich, Anthony Richards
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Guests of the Third Reich
The British POW Experience in Germany 1939-1945

Author: Anthony Richards

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 7 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 10/24/2019


Synopsis

More than 170,000 British prisoners of war (POWs) were taken by German and Italian forces during the Second World War. Conditions were tough. Rations were meagre. The days dragged and there was a constant battle against boredom. The men, but not officers, had to work, often at heavy labour.

Guests of the Third Reich will provide an overview of what daily life was like for prisoners, from staging theatre productions to keep morale up to working allotments and planning audacious escape attempts.

Utilising IWM's collections of letters, diaries, memoirs and sound interviews, this gripping, poignant narrative conveys the story of those in captivity in Germany during the Second World War in a personal and engaging way.

(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Author Bio

Anthony Richards has worked at the Imperial War Museum for more twenty years where is responsible for the document and sound archives. A qualified archivist he has contributed to many publications and media projects based on personal written testimony of the two world wars, including articles for the Telegraph newspaper, the Royal Mail stamp yearbook, and the ITV series The Great War: The People's Story. He is also the author of The Somme: A Visual History, In Their Own Words, and Documents That Changed History.

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