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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
No better friend No better friend Robert Weintraub "Tells the remarkable story of Royal Air Force technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met in an internment camp during WWII. Judy was a fiercely loyal animal who sensed danger an… OL20002633W
The prisoners of Breendonk The prisoners of Breendonk James M. Deem This absorbing and captivating nonfiction account (with never-before-published photographs) offers readers an in-depth anthropological and historical look into the lives of those who suffered and sur… OL20007234W
No better friend No better friend Robert Weintraub Flight technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, met in the most unlikely of places: a World War II internment camp in the Pacific. Judy was a fiercely loyal dog, with a keen sense for … OL20010069W
Once a hussar Once a hussar Ray Ellis Once a Hussar is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded this well-written, candid, and perceptive memoir of the conflict he knew as a young man s… OL21182866W
Greatest Escapes of World War II Greatest Escapes of World War II Robert B. Smith,Laurence J. Yadon xv, 248 pages ; 23 cm OL21824359W
Interpreting in Nazi concentration camps Interpreting in Nazi concentration camps Michaela Wolf "This significant new study is concerned with the role of interpreting in Nazi concentration camps, where prisoners were of 30 to 40 different nationalities. With German as the only official language… OL22322966W
Resistance, imprisonment & forced labor Resistance, imprisonment & forced labor Metod M. Milač "Resistance, Imprisonment, and Forced Labor recalls the author's struggle for survival as a prisoner and forced laborer following the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. He describes a dizzying an… OL6214679W
POW baseball in World War II POW baseball in World War II Tim Wolter "Nearly 130,000 American soldiers and 19,000 American civilians were captured by the enemy during the Second World War. The conditions under which they were held varied enormously but baseball, in va… OL6215481W