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Prisoners of the Kaiser: The Last Pows of the Great War Relié – 11 septembre 2000

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Drawing on the memories of the last surviving prisoners of the 1914-1918 war, this book tells the dramatic story of life as a POW in Germany. Stories include the shock of capture on the Western Front, to the grind of daily life in imprisonment in Germany. Veterans recall work in salt mines, punishments, and escape attempts, as well as the torture of starvation and the relief at their eventual release. Vivid stories are told using over 200 photographs and illustrations, almost all never published before.
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  1. Nombre de pages de l'édition imprimée 
    224 pages
  2. Langue
    Anglais
  3. Éditeur
    Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  4. Date de publication
    11 septembre 2000
  5. Dimensions
    19.05 x 1.91 x 24.77 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0850527341
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0850527346
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  • Éditeur ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Books Ltd (11 septembre 2000)
  • Langue ‏ : ‎ Anglais
  • Relié ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0850527341
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0850527346
  • Poids de l'article ‏ : ‎ 635 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 1.91 x 24.77 cm
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Frank Lee
5,0 sur 5 étoiles A compelling read
Avis laissé aux États-Unis le 7 janvier 2014
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No holes barred from the mouths of those who were there, in accounting the ghastly period and experiences that those old soldiers encountered as a POW in World War One. I was quite amazed how serious were the food shortages in wartime Germany, and that the German soldiers were also too often starving. A most dreadful time.

An extremely moving read, which served yet again to strenghten my respect for those who gave so much, even in captivity, and to those who gave their lives through the harshness of their treatment.

Frank Lee
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JDB
5,0 sur 5 étoiles Outstanding book on the rarely investigated topic of Prisoners of the First World War
Avis laissé au Royaume-Uni le 29 janvier 2014
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Each chapter begins with the author’s concise introduction to the scene and theme then leads on to the Veterans’ first-hand accounts of their time in captivity – enlightening and moving. I know from his other books that Richard van Emden spent decades visiting, interviewing & recording numerous surviving Veterans of the Great War to build up an invaluable archive of their experiences before they were lost to us. He states in the intro that research for this book began in 1999, when he could only find 20 or so remaining PoWWI and he directly recorded the thoughts of 10 of these men. All his contributors had 19th Century birth dates and were thus Centenarians at the time of these interviews - it seems really important that these testimonies have been recorded. The numerous photographs excellently illustrate and compliment the subject matter and together the full range of experiences are covered – from capture and transport through the lines to the camps, the daily grind of life, interaction between inmates and guards, works including salt mining, terrible near-starvation experiences, extraordinary orchestral and theatrical performances permitted in some of the camps (including photos of a prisoner in a full jousting Knight’s costume), tributes to those who did not survive imprisonment, to the eventual release and poignant home comings for the lucky ones (including the irony of one returnee being put to work guarding German Prisoners in East Sussex). Highly recommended book.
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Mike Watkinson
4,0 sur 5 étoiles Light in a dusty corner...
Avis laissé au Royaume-Uni le 14 juillet 2015
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The author specialises in eye-witness accounts of The Great War. Usually, he writes sparingly, allowing the eye-witnesses to speak, and does a very good job. Here, whilst this shines light into a dusty corner of WWI and is well worth reading, he hasn't done quite his usual job as compared with the likes of Sapper Jack Martin's diaries, or his biography of Henry Patch, The Last Fighting Tommy.

He had two basic choices, either to split the book up by individuals or by "aspects of the POW experience", as he says in his Introduction e.g. the moment of capture, being processed, etc. He chose the latter, not unreasonably, but I'm not entirely convinced it was the better way to organise the book. For whatever reasons (and only he can know), he quotes the veterans somewhat unevenly, in terms of quantity. Bill Easton & Ernie Stevens seem to feature more than others. It's easy to think of reasons why that might be so. However, by the time you're halfway through the book, you may well find yourself struggling to remember who Fred Bloggs was, what was his regiment (or even service arm), where he was captured, when & how, and so on.

Personally, I found it a bit difficult to keep a sense of who most of the men were as men. I got the feeling that that was what van Emden was trying for. Not just eye-witness testimony; he had interviewed these men personally, spent time with them. Presumably, in producing this book as a tribute to them, he wanted to introduce them to you as individuals. Most of them, as with any other eyewitness book, become simply names on the page.

There are also some oddities & minor production issues with this edition. For the latter, the most noticeable is the random hyphenation of words. I can only assume that it was originally published in a different physical size, and the publisher was too lazy (or cheap) to re-check the type-setting. For the former, van Emden gives a detailed description of a photo including Bill Easton, it isn't included in the (more than adequate) photo's that are included. It does seem to be included in another of his books (it matches the description, at least), Meeting The Enemy. A strange & slightly irritating omission.

Therefore, whilst this is a fine tribute to these men, to their experiences, their perseverance, and their longevity, it doesn't, for me, quite hit the mark that the author aimed for. This is a book well worth reading. But if you've not a lot of WWI eye-witness on your shelves, I'd suggest putting this on your wishlist for now, and something else from the the same author in your basket.
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Daniel A. partker
5,0 sur 5 étoiles Five Stars
Avis laissé aux États-Unis le 17 octobre 2016
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Compliments "Silent Battle".
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andy
5,0 sur 5 étoiles Very informative
Avis laissé au Royaume-Uni le 19 mars 2014
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This was an extremely interesting and informative read. Prisoners of the Kaiser is not a long read (eleven chapters and 224 pages) but does give you a picture of what life and death was like for some of the allied prisoners during the First World War.

There are some interesting photographs (these take twelve per cent of the book before the first chapter) showing soldiers at various stages of their experience in the army.

These are fascinating stories from some of the last surviving POW’s who were all born in the nineteenth century and who not only managed to live through the war and imprisonment but who also lived to, perhaps, unexpected old age.

Their experiences are largely told through short anecdotes together with certain facts given by the author.

I would recommend Prisoners Of The Kaiser to anyone interested in the First World War but also to anyone with an interest in (recent) history.
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