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Auteur(s) : Gossage, Carolyn (1933-....)
Titre(s) : The accidental captives [Texte imprimé] : the story of seven women alone in Nazi Germany / Carolyn Gossage ; with the co-operation of Peter Levitt
Publication : London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2012
Description matérielle : xiii, 210 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index
In April 1941, a passenger ship sailing from New York to Cape Town was attacked and
sunk by a German raider in the South Atlantic. The passengers were pulled from the
waters and transported to Nazi-occupied France, where the majority, as (at that time)
neutral citizens of the United States, were released and returned home. News of their
fortunate escape soon broke and the story became an overnight sensation. Yet amidst
the excitement generated by the captives' release, the fate of those left behind was
all but forgotten. Among these unlucky few were seven Canadian women, whose remarkable
wartime journey was only just beginning. Interned in German detention camps as 'enemy
aliens', they were eventually moved to Berlin, to await repatriation. But - due to
a bureaucratic mix up - when they arrived in Berlin, this small group of women found
themselves alone, stranded in the heart of Hitler's Germany
Sujet(s) : Prisonnières canadiennes -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Femmes -- Canada
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781848859913 (hbk). - ISBN 1848859910 (hbk)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42653054g
Notice n° :
FRBNF42653054
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