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Survival at Stalag IVB

Soldiers and Airmen Remember Germany's Largest POW Camp of World War II

By: Tony Vercoe

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Survival at Stalag IVB

Soldiers and Airmen Remember Germany's Largest POW Camp of World War II

By: Tony Vercoe

In addition to concentration camps, World War II Germany was also home to 54 prisoner-of-war camps, the largest of which was Stalag IVB. Throughout the more than five years of its existence, Stalag IVB supported numerous satellite camps, eventually housing thousands of prisoners of many nationalities. Here Poles, French, Belgians, British, Americans, Dutch and Russians fought to survive in a place where life's most basic needs were barely fulfilled. Interned in the camp for several months from late 1943, Tony Vercoe engaged in a struggle for life, sanity and escape. This historical chronicle evokes the heartbreaking reality of day-to-day life in Stalag IVB. Rich with firsthand accounts by the author and other veterans of the camp, it provides particulars regarding rations, prisoner-of-war registration, camp hygiene, inmate activities and prisoner morale. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the International Red Cross in prisoner survival and the multinational "melting pot" characteristics of the camp itself. Possibilities of flight and the events that motivated prisoners' daring escape attempts are discussed, along with the consequences of their frequent failures. Closing chapters detail the camp's final months and the prisoners' long awaited deliverance.

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McFarland

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1476613796

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9781476613796

Webs of Empire

Locating New Zealand's Colonial Past

By: Tony Ballantyne

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Webs of Empire

Locating New Zealand's Colonial Past

By: Tony Ballantyne

Breaking open colonization to reveal tangled cultural and economic networks, Webs of Empire offers new paths into our colonial history. Linking Gore and Chicago, Maori and Asia, India and newspapers, whalers and writing, empire building becomes a spreading web of connected places, people, ideas, and trade. These links question narrow, national stories, while broadening perspectives on the past and the legacies of colonialism that persist today. Bringing together essays from two decades of prolific publishing on international colonial history, Webs of Empire establishes Tony Ballantyne as one of the leading historians of the British Empire.

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377

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UBC Press

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077482770X

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9780774827706

The Long-distance Runner

An Autobiography

By: Tony Richardson

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The Long-distance Runner

An Autobiography

By: Tony Richardson

Tony recounts the people and places he loved, the films he made, and the things that were important to him.

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William Morrow

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0688121012

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9780688121013

Survival at Stalag IVB

Soldiers and Airmen Remember Germany's Largest POW Camp of World War II

By: Tony Vercoe

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Soldiers and Airmen Remember Germany's Largest POW Camp of World War II

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The Kiwi Pacific Records Story

By: Tony Vercoe,Tony Martin

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The Kiwi Pacific Records Story

By: Tony Vercoe,Tony Martin

These interviews trace Kiwi Pacific Records from its beginnings as a division of publishers AH & AW Reed Ltd, through its period as the subsidiary Reed Pacific Records Ltd, to its independence as Kiwi Pacific Records, all under the direction of Tony Vercoe. At the age of 70, when he sold the company as a going concern, Tony left it with a substantial catalogue of wide variety and unique archival value. Eminent New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn summed up the enterprising undertaking that was Kiwi Pacific Records: ' It was a great day when Tony Vercoe set up his own firm and decided to promote recordings of New Zealand music ... Kiwi Records became for many years a focal point for a developing awareness of our musical identities encouraging and fostering our talents in a practical way, and professionally giving us a new and vastly wider audience both here and overseas"--Back cover.

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0947493220

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9780947493226

Yesterday's Drums

By: Tony Vercoe

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Yesterday's Drums

By: Tony Vercoe

Shakespeare and a few other wise people defined it: War is hell. Those who have been there are unlikely to disagree. Many World War II servicemen found it such hell that for a long time afterwards they refused to talk about it, preferring to disregard that grim episode as having no relevance for the life ahead. Twenty, thirty, fifty years on, and time had modified this view for many of them. They had learned that memories last forever, stored in a mental databank, and knew that some of theirs held valuable detail.

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1877228516

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9781877228513

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Survival at Stalag IVB

Survival at Stalag IVB

Webs of Empire

Webs of Empire

The Long-distance Runner

The Long-distance Runner

Survival at Stalag IVB

Survival at Stalag IVB

The Kiwi Pacific Records Story

The Kiwi Pacific Records Story

Yesterday's Drums

Yesterday's Drums

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