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FIRTH, TOM: : PRISONER OF THE GESTAPO

UK.BARNSLEY,S. YORKS.PEN & SWORD MILITARY,2010.

ISBN 9781848842066.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[ISBN number internally: 9781848842066 differs from the external one: 9781848842066,on the rear panel.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering,rear panel with montage'd monochrome biographical photographs and b/w artist's illustrations b/w; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-190pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters and an epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w autobiographical photographs,b/w facsimile reproductions and b/w line illustrations in 1 block,between pp96/7, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with acknowledgements to its recto, b/w map of Poland in the 1930s with blank recto,and an epilogue as last page with blank recto. A memoir of survival and captivity in wartime Poland. Tom Firth begins his extraordinary memoir by describing his unusual childhood in Japan and the devastating Yokohama earthquake in 1923.In 1930 the family settled in his mother's native Poland only to split up when Poland was overrun by the Nazis and the Russians in 1939.Whilst his father and older brother were in England, Tom found himself trapped in the Russian zone and eventually made his way to Warsaw where his mother had survived the bombing of the city. He vividly describes life under both regimes,as well as the cat-and-mouse game his mother was forced to play with the Gestapo in order to avoid arrest.Later, both became deeply involved with the sheltering of escaped British prisoners of war and this led to his capture, interrogation and imprisonment in Krakow jail before being miraculously released after eighteen months.After many harrowing experiences he got through to the Red Army only to be imprisoned again.Held for several months in primitive conditions,he was finaly handed over to the British Military Mission in Moscow. He arrived in Britain for the first time on a supply convoy in late 1944.He describes the search for his lost father and brother.Even when re-united,tragedy struck with his mother's arrest by the Polish Communists.Sentenced to death for alleged espionage,she was freed in a Government amnesty and arrived in England in 1956. 'Prisoner of the Gestapo' is a compelling story of courage in the face of terrifying adversity. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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