Hitler's British Slaves

by Sean Longden

Between 1939 and 1945 almost 200,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen were held as prisoners of war in Germany. This title presents the details of what sort of work they undertook, their living conditions, their relationships with civilian workers, foreign labourers and concentration camp inmates.

Genres: Nonfiction

416 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Gaz Kindle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never Forget

My Uncle was a proud Green Howard, captured in Norway 1940, worked for three years on Arbietskommando E199 sadly he died in 1963 and I was too young to get his story. I’m trying to rectify that now…XIX

[Cathy Gradwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to read in that the language and style is informative without bogging down in the way textbooks can. The subject is not easy at all. I thought I had a reasonable understanding of the rigours, hardships and cruelties of war but this one had passed me by! Sean Longden informs without undue emotion and without apologising for some of the less "honourable" reactions to deplorable and inhumane situations. Reading this book made me wish I could shake the hands of those who suffered so terribly!

[Elisabetpingkan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book contain so much information about how the PoWs who had ranks under officers and also officers. How they ate, how they survived and conditions of the baracks and how the German soldiers treated them and also the diseases.

Heartbreaking, and devastating to read but a really great information and also some pictures.