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We were each other's prisoners : an oral history of World War II American and German prisoners of war

Title
  1. We were each other's prisoners : an oral history of World War II American and German prisoners of war / Lewis H. Carlson.
Published by
  1. New York : Basic Books, ©1997.
Author
  1. Carlson, Lewis H.

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Description
  1. xxvii, 258 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm
Summary
  1. This book compares the experiences of POWs from both sides of World War II. Based on over 150 interviews with surviving prisoners, Lewis Carlson brings the stories of these men to life, the memories as vivid as if the events occurred just yesterday. From the anti-Nazi German soldier who tried desperately to surrender rather than fight for Hitler, to the U.S. prisoner who thrice escaped his German captors -- the last time to join Russian troops in the Battle of Berlin -- to the Jewish-American prisoner who was shipped to a slave labor camp, these accounts reveal the terror and anguish of being captured and celebrate the resilience that kept these soldiers alive.
Subject
  1. 1939-1945
  2. World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American
  3. World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German
  4. Prisoners of war > United States
  5. Prisoners of war > Germany
  6. World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
  7. World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, German
  8. Oral history
  9. Oral history
  10. Prisoners of war
  11. Amerikanischer Kriegsgefangener
  12. Zweiter Weltkrieg
  13. Deutscher Kriegsgefangener
  14. Krijgsgevangenen
  15. Tweede Wereldoorlog
  16. Amerikanen
  17. Duitsers
  18. Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
  19. Germany
  20. United States
  21. Deutschland
  22. USA
Genre/Form
  1. Oral history.
  2. oral histories (literary works)
  3. Personal narratives
  4. Personal narratives – American
  5. Personal narratives – German
  6. Oral histories.
  7. Histoires orales.
  8. Erlebnisbericht.
Contents
  1. Soldiers and prisoners -- Captured! -- Life in the bag -- Escape! -- German political battles in American prison camps -- American Sonder prisoners -- Liberation and repatriation -- Legacy.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-258).