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4617171Stalag XXA Torun Enforced March from Polandhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/stalag-xxa-torun-enforced-march-from-poland-9781526754479/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4034876/fb54b281-c71f-4fcf-9352-4bfce4f99fd8.jpg?v=638668423257000000206251MXNPen & Sword BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Based largely on a POW diary, this book sheds fresh light on the conditions facing POWs in Poland as the Nazi State collapsed . . . Very Highly Recommended. Firetrench</strong></p><p>Stalag XXA was a Second World War German POW camp for noncommissioned officers located in Nazi occupied Torun, in northern Poland. This book examines in detail what life was like in the camp for those held there, which over the course of the war numbered more than 60,000 men, including Polish, French, Belgians, British, Yugoslavians, Russians, Americans, Italians and Norwegians.</p><p>The bulk of the book is based on a diary kept by Leonard Parker, a POW at Stalag XXA who was forced to undertake a march from the camp, commencing on January 19 1945, taking himself and his comrades to the Russian port of Odessa. It was a difficult march undertaken in harsh wintery conditions, where lack of food, the cold, and the fear of death were their constant companions. The final leg of their liberation saw the men of Stalag XXA board the <em>Duchess of Richmond</em> at Odessa, before arriving at Greenock, Scotland, on April 17 1945, and finally finding their freedom.</p><p><strong>Under the format of a diary this book tells the story of Leonard Parker, his life and daily struggle of living in a prison camp . . . a great read . . . I would recommend this book to all. 5 stars. UK Historian</strong></p>...3862590Stalag XXA Torun Enforced March from Poland206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/stalag-xxa-torun-enforced-march-from-poland-9781526754479/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4034876/fb54b281-c71f-4fcf-9352-4bfce4f99fd8.jpg?v=638668423257000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209781526754479_W3siaWQiOiI1NWQxNDQ3My1iYWM5LTQzMTgtOTRlOS00ZTgxNjM2NGMxYmIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMjdUMTc6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781526754479_<p><strong>Based largely on a POW diary, this book sheds fresh light on the conditions facing POWs in Poland as the Nazi State collapsed . . . Very Highly Recommended. Firetrench</strong></p><p>Stalag XXA was a Second World War German POW camp for noncommissioned officers located in Nazi occupied Torun, in northern Poland. This book examines in detail what life was like in the camp for those held there, which over the course of the war numbered more than 60,000 men, including Polish, French, Belgians, British, Yugoslavians, Russians, Americans, Italians and Norwegians.</p><p>The bulk of the book is based on a diary kept by Leonard Parker, a POW at Stalag XXA who was forced to undertake a march from the camp, commencing on January 19 1945, taking himself and his comrades to the Russian port of Odessa. It was a difficult march undertaken in harsh wintery conditions, where lack of food, the cold, and the fear of death were their constant companions. The final leg of their liberation saw the men of Stalag XXA board the <em>Duchess of Richmond</em> at Odessa, before arriving at Greenock, Scotland, on April 17 1945, and finally finding their freedom.</p><p><strong>Under the format of a diary this book tells the story of Leonard Parker, his life and daily struggle of living in a prison camp . . . a great read . . . I would recommend this book to all. 5 stars. UK Historian</strong></p>...9781526754479_Pen & Sword Bookslibro_electonico_9781526754479_9781526754479Stephen WynnInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-ec9fea3a-3f19-481a-b5d4-bd76bbddb5eb.epub2020-12-28T00:00:00+00:00Pen & Sword Books