Buy this book on-line LISTER, DAVID: : DIE HARD,ABY! - Abraham Bevistein, a boy soldier shot to encourage the others.UK.BARNSLEY,S. YORKSHIRE.PEN & SWORD MILITARY/PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD.,2005. ISBN 1844151379.
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Recent books,many by Pen and Sword such as 'Shot at Dawn',have highlighted the often shocking cases of young British soldiers in the Great War being executed by their own side.All too frequently their trials were cursory,the evidence flimsy and the defence wholly inadequate.This scandal has apalled right-minded people of all political persuasions,not least as there is strong evidence that the authorities turned a blind eye to under-age boys serving illegally on the Western Front.
This book examines in depth the shocking case of a Jewish boy,Abraham Bevistein who enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment at the age of seventeen.By all accounts an exemplary young soldier,Aby was wounded in action and hospitalised.
After what was probably premature release,his battalion suffered a major bombardment and Aby reported sick.Declared fit for duty,he then made the fatal mistake of not returning immediately to the front-line.The authorities arrested and tried him.The conduct of his trial is examined here in close detail and clearly flouts every convention of natural justice.
His execution by firing squad caused horror to his family and those who knew him and readers will feel equally outraged.Aby's case featured as major part of the Channel 4 drama documentary 'Boy Soldiers of the First World War.'
This superbly researched and,for many,highly emotive account of a specific case of grave injustice will fuel the controversy over such executions still further.'Die Hard,Aby!' is sure to appeal to all who feel any sentiment for their fellow humans.
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