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The forgotten : Canadian POWs, escapers and evaders in Europe, 1939-1945 / Nathan M. Greenfield.
True stories of Canadian servicemen, merchant mariners and civilians who survived imprisonment behind enemy lines during the Second World War.
The Forgotten tells the story of more than 10,000 Canadian servicemen, merchant mariners and civilians for whom the war ended in surrender, capture, imprisonment or escape, as seen through the eyes of a group of men who struggled to survive in Hitler's Europe. Among them were Private Stan Darch, who had already survived the cauldron of Dieppe; Sergeant Edward Carter-Edwards, who endured the hell of Buchenwald; RCAF Sergeant Ian MacDonald, who was on the run before being betrayed to the Gestapo and spent six weeks in the notorious Fresnes Prison in Paris; as well as seventeen civilian priests and brothers who were captured at sea. To survive the horrid conditions in the stalags across Europe and the hunger marches through the freezing winter of 1944–45, these otherwise ordinary Canadians required extraordinary valour and commitment to the Allied cause--and to each other.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443404891 (hc.) :
- ISBN: 1443404896 (hc.)
- Physical Description: xii, 471 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Canadian edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2013, ©2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.14 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Canadian. Prisoners of war > Canada > Biography. World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German. Prisoners of war > Germany > Biography. |
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- 13 of 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creston Public Library | 940.54 GRE (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140001050593 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
