Foreign Shores A True Story

Name: Foreign Shores
Author: Stuart Crocker

Auteur: Stuart Crocker

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Stuart Crocker

Engels
Paperback
9781848763869
01 augustus 2010
352 pagina's

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Foreign Shores is the true story of Theodor Terhorst, a former German soldier held as a prisoner-of-war in England. Growing up in a small village in Nazi Germany, Theodor, like many other impressionable boys of his age, was a willing participant in the rallies and events organized by the Hitler Youth. Called up in 1944 at the age of seventeen, he underwent training as a member of the elite parachute regiment before being posted to northern France. Wounded in heavy fighting during the allied invasion of Normandy, Theodor was evacuated to Guernsey in the Channel Islands where, after recovering from his wounds, he was subjected to the horror of gradual starvation. Eventually captured when the islands were liberated, he was shipped back to England as a prisoner-of-war. Weak and emaciated after his ordeal, he was hospitalized and given a special diet to gain weight before being sent to a POW camp in Shropshire. By the end of 1945 with hostilities over, prisoners were allowed to work outside the camps, but many were prevented from returning to Germany in contravention of the Geneva Convention. Theodor was one of those and sent to work as a labourer on a nearby farm where he met and fell in love with the farmer's eldest daughter. Some years later Theodor returned to his homeland to try and settle down, but his experience was an unhappy one. Convinced that he is resented by many people for his healthy young family, his prosperity and even for the simple fact that he is still alive, he returns to England where he spends the remainder of his life, developing a sense of belonging and love for the land against which he had once fought.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 augustus 2010
Aantal pagina's: 352

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Hoofdauteur: Stuart Crocker
Hoofduitgeverij: Troubador Publishing Ltd

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Verpakking breedte: 138 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 40 mm
Verpakking lengte: 216 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 507 g

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