The Gestapo S Most Improbable Hostage
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The Gestapo S Most Improbable Hostage
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Author : Hugh Mallory Falconer
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-03-30
The Gestapo S Most Improbable Hostage written by Hugh Mallory Falconer and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-30 with History categories.
I remember very clearly the day on which I was supposed to dieSo starts the story of Squadron Leader Hugh Mallory Falconer, British Special Operations Executive agent and prisoner of the Nazis for over two and a half grueling years.When he was caught out of uniform by the Gestapo in Tunisia not long after the culmination of Operation Torch in 1942, he had no right to expect anything but the worst. Quite miraculously however, his papers vanished whilst he was being sent to Gestapo HQ in Berlin and, as a result, no-one could make out who he was. This, coupled with his quick-thinking and cunning whilst under interrogation, led to the Nazis including him in a group of high-profile hostages, holding him alongside such notable figures as the former French Minister Leon Blum.The group was intended to save the Nazi leaders' necks as the War ground down to its inevitable end. Offered a certain amount of protection on account of their special status in the eyes of their captors, they experienced the war from a unique vantage point. Held at a variety of infamous camps, including Sachsenhausen, Dachau and Buchenwald, Squadron Leader Mallory was taken on a virtual grand tour of the Third Reich, witnessing the full extent of its horrors.Then in 1945, he was forced to new heights of cunning when the Nazis began exterminating their captives. His daughter, who has painstakingly transcribed the only copy of her fathers memoirs, describes this book, published here for the first time, as a personal manual on keeping your sanity when your weight has dropped to that of a small German Shepherd dog, you are covered in vermin, you are alone and you have everything to fear. It makes for vital and compelling reading.
Fey S War
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Author : Catherine Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-07-23
Fey S War written by Catherine Bailey and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
**Formerly published as The Lost Boys** 'As thrilling as any novel. Bailey has an extraordinary talent for bringing history to life' Kate Atkinson 'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday Times ___________________________________________________________ In September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother and seize her two sons, aged just two and three. If Hitler has his way she will never see them again. For Fey Pirzio-Biroli is the daughter of Ulrich von Hassell, executed days before after the failed assassination of the Fuhrer. Mercilessly cast into the Nazi death machine, Fey must cling to the hope that one day she will escape and rescue her lost children . . . An extraordinary story of resistance at the heart of the Second World War, Fey's War is an illuminating and devastating true account of great personal sacrifice, of loss and, above all, of defiance. ___________________________________________________________ 'Riveting, important, reads like a terrifying thriller' Daily Telegraph 'Heartbreaking. It started with a plot to kill Hitler. It ended in one of the most astonishing and moving stories of the war' Daily Mail 'Extraordinary. A rich, deep, gripping read' Guardian 'As thrilling as any novel. Bailey has an extraordinary talent for bringing history to life' Kate Atkinson
The Extraordinary Life Of Mike Cumberlege Soe
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Author : Robin Knight
language : en
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Release Date : 2018-11-10
The Extraordinary Life Of Mike Cumberlege Soe written by Robin Knight and has been published by Fonthill Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-10 with History categories.
This first-ever biography of of Lt. Cdr. Mike Cumberlege DSO & Bar, Greek Medal of Honour, murdered in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Feb/March 1945, recalls a man who was `truly Elizabethan in character-a combination of gaiety and solidity and sensitiveness and poetry with daring and adventurousness-and great courage.' Cumberlege came from a maverick sea-going family. He was highly resourceful and lived by his wits, skippering ocean-going yachts for wealthy Americans before the war. In 1936 he married Nancy; their relationship was close and, with the sea, forms a thread in the book. From 1940 Cumberlege and served in undercover roles in the Royal Navy in Marseilles and Cape Verde and was on the staff of General de Gaulle in London. Posted to Egypt in 1941 in the SOE, he formed a para-naval force of fishing vessels, took part in fighting in Greece, attacked the Corinth Canal, escaped from Crete, was wounded and returned three times to Crete clandestinely. On a second operation to destroy the Corinth Canal in 1943 he was captured. Tortured in Mauthausen concentration camp, he was transferred to Sachsenhausen and spent 21 months in solitary confinement. The book contains unique material gathered from the family and from well-wishers in places as far apart as Ukraine, Australia and the USA.
The Gestapo
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Author : Jacques Delarue
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2008-06-19
The Gestapo written by Jacques Delarue and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-19 with History categories.
The word 'Gestapo' has become synonymous with the terrible brutality and terror of the Nazi regime in World War II. The Gestapo came into existence in 1933 as Department 1A of the Prussian State Police. Under the SS, the Gestapo grew in power, and was given the job of investigating and combatting 'all tendencies dangerous to the state'. Schutzhaft (protective custody) gave the Gestapo the power to imprison without judicial proceedings, often in concentration camps. It was also responsible for destroying opposition to Hitler. By early 1942, as the Nazi regime became increasingly unpopular in Germany, a number of protests took place. The Gestapo's response was brutal. Thousands were arrested and executed, and all dissent was crushed. The History of the Gestapo provides an authoritative overview of this sinister instrument of repression. Never before had an organisation attained such complexity, been vested with such power, or reached such a pitch of 'perfection' in efficiency and horror.
English Texts Contexts 2
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Author : F. Pollock
language : en
Publisher: Pascal Press
Release Date : 2004
English Texts Contexts 2 written by F. Pollock and has been published by Pascal Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Himmler S Hostages
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Author : Tom Wall
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2021-01-18
Himmler S Hostages written by Tom Wall and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-18 with History categories.
The notorious Nazi leader’s attempt to take war prisoners hostage at the end of WWII is revealed in this lively and expertly researched history. During the final weeks of the Second World War, Heinrich Himmler assembled the most famous and noteworthy SS prisoners be taken hostage. Himmler’s plan was to use these individuals as bargaining chips to save the Reich—or, failing that, himself. Known as the Prominenten, this group included European politicians and former heads of state, five British survivors of the ‘Great Escape,’ two MI5 agents, and Irish born POWs. This meticulously researched study sheds new light on how the British prisoners came to be integrated with a multinational group of VIPs in Dachau concentration camp, including German family groups of men, women and children; relatives of those implicated in plot to kill Hitler. The lively narrative describes kidnapping, escape attempts, interpersonal conflict, betrayal and comradeship. It also reveals intrigues and love affairs among the prisoners, culminating in their dramatic attempt to free themselves from the SS.
Conditions In Occupied Territories
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Author : United Nations Information Organisation (London, England)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1942
Conditions In Occupied Territories written by United Nations Information Organisation (London, England) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Conditions In Occupied Territories
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1942
Conditions In Occupied Territories written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Anne Frank The Collected Works
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Author : Anne Frank Fonds
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-05-30
Anne Frank The Collected Works written by Anne Frank Fonds and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-30 with History categories.
Anne Frank's diary is one of the most recognised and widely read books of the Second World War. Hundreds of thousands of people visit the Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam each year to see the annexe where Anne and her family hid from the occupying forces, before eventually being deported to Auschwitz in 1944. Only Anne's father, Otto, survived the Holocaust. Anne Frank: The Collected Works includes each of the versions of Anne's world-famous diary including the 'A' and 'B' diaries now in continuous, readable form, and the definitive text ('D') edited by renowned translator and author Mirjam Pressler. For the first time readers have access to Anne's letters, personal reminiscences, daydreams, essays and notebook of favourite quotes. Also included are background essays by notable writers such as historian Gerhard Hirschfeld (University of Stuttgart) and Francine Prose (Bard College) on topics such as 'Anne Frank's Life', 'The History of the Frank Family' and 'The Publication History of Anne Frank's diary', as well as numerous photographs of the Franks and the other occupants of the annexe. An essential book for scholars and general readers alike, The Collected Works brings together for the first time Anne Frank's complete writings, together with important images and documents. Supported by the Anne Frank Fonds in Basel, Switzerland, set up by Otto Frank to act as the guardian of Anne's work, this is a landmark publication marking the anniversary of 90 years since Anne's birth in 1929.
Conditions In Occupied Territories A Series Of Reports
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Author : United Nations Information Organisation (London, England)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1942
Conditions In Occupied Territories A Series Of Reports written by United Nations Information Organisation (London, England) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.