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INSIDE: An Epic Survivor Rescue Story of WWII
In the state of the German armies at this moment, death or a surround shadows every man every moment of the day and night. Any let-down in fanaticism would mean loss of hope, and hope is the only thing left to the German soldier.
- GenresHolocaust
381 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 13, 2015
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March 4, 2017
Very interesting
Very interesting book from an unusual angle that you don't normally think of when pow camp's are thought about and has he was a journalist he was able to turn a dairy into a very interesting book something that does not always work
Very interesting book from an unusual angle that you don't normally think of when pow camp's are thought about and has he was a journalist he was able to turn a dairy into a very interesting book something that does not always work
March 2, 2017
Perspective
The perspective is different than what I expected, and the more I read, the more interesting it became. The mind-set of Germans who were mad Hitler (and Germany) lost, but not outraged at the mass murders... wow.
The perspective is different than what I expected, and the more I read, the more interesting it became. The mind-set of Germans who were mad Hitler (and Germany) lost, but not outraged at the mass murders... wow.
February 23, 2017
The historical value was excellent, Not riveting.
I enjoyed the educational benefits but it was difficult in the last half due to redundancy.My admiration for any POW kept me reading
I enjoyed the educational benefits but it was difficult in the last half due to redundancy.My admiration for any POW kept me reading
August 28, 2016
Inside: An Epic Survivor Rescue Story of WWII is by A. Survivor. This book was determined to be history but I am not sure if it is biographical or not. It is evidently a true story although whether this book is autobiographical as it seems is not clear. It is somewhat confusing as it starts out and it lacks in being totally consuming.
It is the story of American War Correspondent Edward Beattie of Massachusetts who was captured near Chaumont and taken to Germany. He began keeping a diary in Chaumont-sur- Marne and kept it for eight months as a prisoner. It was taken twice but returned. He doesn’t set out to tell how the camps treated people but to show the indifference, thievery and deceit which went on. Because he was fluent in German and had an intimate knowledge of the country, Berlin, and the Nazi system, he could communicate with the Germans. He kept asking to be sent to an officer’s camp but never was. He was sent to Berlin.
He was very clear in his descriptions of how the wounded were treated and how the GI’s were treated different from the officers. He told how the food was horrible. His showing that the German people whether Nazis or not were conditioned by nearly twelve years of propaganda that they would do as they were told.
The book starts out confusing but does get better once you figure out his writing style and what is going on.
It is the story of American War Correspondent Edward Beattie of Massachusetts who was captured near Chaumont and taken to Germany. He began keeping a diary in Chaumont-sur- Marne and kept it for eight months as a prisoner. It was taken twice but returned. He doesn’t set out to tell how the camps treated people but to show the indifference, thievery and deceit which went on. Because he was fluent in German and had an intimate knowledge of the country, Berlin, and the Nazi system, he could communicate with the Germans. He kept asking to be sent to an officer’s camp but never was. He was sent to Berlin.
He was very clear in his descriptions of how the wounded were treated and how the GI’s were treated different from the officers. He told how the food was horrible. His showing that the German people whether Nazis or not were conditioned by nearly twelve years of propaganda that they would do as they were told.
The book starts out confusing but does get better once you figure out his writing style and what is going on.
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