We Were Each Other's Prisoners: An Oral History Of World War Ii American And German Prisoners Of War

Synopsis

We Were Each Other's Prisoners Is The First Book Ever To Compare The Experiences Of Pows From Both Sides Of The Conflict. 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 Moving Accounts Reveal The Terror And Anguish Of Being Captured And Celebrate The Resilience That Kept These Soldiers Alive. 1. Soldiers And Prisoners : Robert Engstrom ; Karl-heinz Hackbarth -- 2. Captured! : Oskar Schmoling ; Glenn C. Miller ; Ernst W. Floeter ; Daniel S. Abeles ; Matthew Radnossky ; Alexander Jefferson -- 3. Life In The Bag : The International Red Cross Parcel : Robert Rutt And The Hitler Diet ; Josef Krumbachner And Dining At Sea ; George J. Davis ; Philip B. Miller ; Eberhard Ladwig ; William Kalway ; Clifford Fox ; Guenther Oswald ; Henry H. Mac Mckee ; Ross H. Calvert ; Elmer Beck ; Louis G. Grivetti ; George Rosie -- 4. Escape! : Ernest De Los Santos ; Joseph R. Beyrle ; Josef Krumbachner -- 5. German Political Battles In American Prison Camps : Helmut Dillner ; Luca Felix Müller ; Erwin Schulz -- 6. American Sonder Prisoners : John J. Foster ; Don Coulson ; Sanford Sandy Lubinsky -- 7. Liberation And Repatriation : Joseph G. Demler ; Kurt Gerhard Pechmann ; Ludwig Norz -- 8. Legacy. Lewis H. Carlson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 253-258).