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The island of extraordinary captives : a painter, a poet, an heiress, and a spy in a World War II British internment camp

text The island of extraordinary captives : a painter, a poet, an heiress, and a spy in a World War II British internment camp

Parkin, Simon

Summary
"Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo's midnight roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England via the Kindertransport train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him ... Read more
Contents
Barbed-wire matinee -- Five shots -- Fire and crystal -- The rescuers -- Sunset train -- The basement and the judge -- Spy fever -- Nightmare mill -- The misted isle -- The university of barbed wire -- The vigil -- The suicide consultancy -- Into ... Read more
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Description
viii, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Publisher
Scribner 2022
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 940.53 PAR in Adult Non-fiction Available

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