Collision of Worlds: A Love Story Amidst War

My father was called up on his 18th birthday, the 5th day of D-Day. My mother escaped to the Carpathian Mountains. Dad trained in England and went to France, Germany, and Holland. Mum was born in 1925 in Poland, and her parents were taken by Russians in 1940 to the Gulag. My mother escaped but was captured by the Nazis in 1932. She was in a concentration camp and worked in various places. She carried messages for the Polish Underground and was arrested. When released, she worked in a barbed wire factory. At one point, Dad and a colleague lost their way, and Mum hid them for 3-4 days. Mum tried... Mehr ...

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Dokumenttyp: Text
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Schlagwörter: British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / Armed Forces / Armies / Army / BAOR / Britain / British / British Army / British Army of the Rhine / Clothes / Clothing / Concentration Camp / D Day / D-Day / D-Day Landings / Dress / Dutch / Eastern Front / Employment / England / English / Europe / European / Factories / Factory / Female / France / French / German / Germany / Holland / Holocaust / Industrial / Industry / Invasion / Medal / Military / Netherlands / Normandy / Normandy Landings / North West Europe / Operation Neptune / Operation Overlord / POW / POWs
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25914082.v1