The Colditz myth : British and Commonwealth prisoners of war in Nazi Germany

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Label

The Colditz myth : British and Commonwealth prisoners of war in Nazi Germany

Title remainder

British and Commonwealth prisoners of war in Nazi Germany

Statement of responsibility

S.P. MacKenzie

Creator

• Mackenzie, S. P

Subject

• Prisoners of war -- Germany | Colditz -- History -- 20th century
• Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German

Language

eng

Summary

Through first-hand accounts of hundreds of ordinary prisoners of war, Paul MacKenzie strips away the mythology and presents the real picture of what it was like to be captured and interrogated and to endure the physical and mental hardships of captivity. Colditz is placed in a wider historical context

Dewey number

940.547243212

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized