Hitler's Prisoners: Seven Cell Mates Tell Their Stories - Hardcover

Friedrich, Erich O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028811216 ISBN 13: 9780028811215

Publisher: Brassey's Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Author Erich Friedrich was a brave, obedient soldier. He won the Iron Cross for valour and was wounded on the Eastern Front. He was not a Nazi: he was fighting for his country and his comrades. Yet, despite his excellent war record, Friedrich was arrested for failing to give the Nazi salute and for making disparaging remarks about Hermann Goering. Charged with subversion, he was brought back to Germany and thrown into a cell in a former insane asylum with six other non-Jewish prisoners of the Reich, including a suspected spy, a Jehovah's Witness, an alleged homosexual and a socialist. To help pass the Christmas holiday between brutal interrogation sessions, each man took a turn telling why he awaited torture and possibly death.

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Review:

Finally, one of the most remarkable stories of World War II. Seven Germans imprisoned by their countrymen for crimes against the Fatherland tell their individual tales of capture, imprisonment, and dwindling hope. "Hitler s Prisoners" is a war story of another kind and a compelling read.

This book is a fascinating story of ordinary people caught between resistance and submission to the Third Reich. In it speak the voices of Germans not often heard abroad. It offers its readers a fresh perspective on the impact of repression, violence, and war on Hitler's other victims the Germans forced to fight his war.

About the Author:

The late ERICH FRIEDRICH survived the war and eventually moved to the United States. RENATE VANEGAS, his daughter, lives in suburban Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brassey's Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0028811216
• ISBN 13: 9780028811215
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Vanegas Renate G.