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Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?
A powerful true story of love and survival
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Artikel-Nr:
9781789461619
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
31.10.2019
Seiten:
336
Autor:
Horace Greasley
Gewicht:
253 g
Format:
195x126x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Horace Greasley (1918-2010) was a British soldier in the Second World War who was captured by the German Wehrmacht and became famous for escaping from his camp over 200 times while conducting a clandestine love affair, returning to captivity each time. He was born in Ibstock, Leicestershire and died aged 91. He was survived by his wife Brenda and their son and daughter.
The true story of a British soldier escaping a prisoner of war camp two-hundred times to meet with a love interest, smuggling radio parts back into the camp which allowed for the BBC to reach the prisoners there.