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Personal accounts of those taken prisoner during World War II.
- Sales Rank: #2812226 in eBooks
- Published on: 1998-02-01
- Released on: 2016-02-11
- Format: Kindle eBook
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A survivor of the Bataan Death March; a doctor held by the Japanese in Shanghai; an American journalist held in Stalag; a former Hitler Youth captured by the Americans; and a German girl taken by the Soviets in the aftermath of Germany's surrender. The experience of incarceration is brutal and demoralising in its own right, yet it is so common that ex-POW organisations continue to thrive even in peacetime. These wide-ranging accounts, told in harrowing detail, reveal the everyday indignities, and at the same time, the heroism of those held in enemy hands during World War II, both in Europe and in the Pacific. --Danny Boy
This book recounts the prison stories of five people, four men and one woman. During World War II, Oscar Smith and Robert Salmon were prisoners of the Japanese and their stories are exceedingly different. Edward Uzemack, an American, was captured by German forces during the Battle of the Bulge and he had to survive in a German POW camp until the end of the war in Europe. On the other side, Hermann Pfrengle was a young German who avoided the Red Army to be intentionally captured by American soldiers. Finally, the woman, Helga Wunsch, from what was called East Germany, was imprisoned by the Soviets for political reasons. All of these stories illustrate Man's inhumanity to Man. The story of Oscar Smith was the hardest to read, not because of the writing but due to the difficult subject. Japanese culture did not inhibit inhumanity to prisoners of war. In fact, the second story, the case of the British subject, Robert Salmon, illustrates this point. The Western prisoners from Shanghai were under a Japanese Commandant who had studied in the United States and had been in the Japanese consulate in Seattle. (Page 100). The name of the Japanese commandant is never given in this book (as far as I could see). Undoubtedly the commandant's exposure to Western culture inhibited Japanese inhumanness and turned Salmon's incarceration into a term of boredom rather than a struggle to avoid starvation and to survive. Edward Uzemack was a reporter for the "Chicago Tribune" until 1943, when, despite his poor vision, he was drafted into the United States Army. He ended up in the 28th division, the "Keystone Division", just in time to meet the Nazi thrust through the Ardennes, commonly known as the Battle of the bulge, 1944. Uzemack was captured and spent the rest of the war in German POW camps. The young German boy, Hermann Pfrengle, had a similar story to that of Uzemack. The German, Pfrengle, led his young compatriots West, so as to surrender to the American Army. They all dreaded capture by the Red Army. The American Army, however, did not treat the young German POWs very well. Not only was food not available, but there was little water. Conditions for Pfrengle were just about as bad as those endured by the American POW, Uzemack. Pfrengle's ability in English allowed him to communicate with the American guards, which eventually resulted in the early release of the boy-soldiers. Perhaps the most unjust imprisonment was that of the woman. The German, Helga Wunsch, was arrested by the Soviets as a spy when the war ended and imprisoned for eight years, despite her not being guilty of anything. Her treatment showed that inhumanity knows no political boundary. Each story was gathered from personal interviews and original memoirs, and the writing is excellent. The author's emphasis, in my humble opinion, is on the individual's will to survive, in environments where cruelty and illogical conditions are commonplace, and the individual has done nothing to deserve such treatment. --By John P. Rooney
This book is well written and by the same author who wrote "My Three Years With The 92nd Illinois". It gives a riveting account of five individuals who were prisoners of the Japanese, the allies, the Russians and East Germans. A book that is hard to put down and gives insight into the hell faced by these unforunate people. --By M. Wilson
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Interesting Stories.
By John P. Rooney
I"In Enemy Hands" by Claire Swedberg.
Subtitled: "Personal Accounts Of those Taken Prisoner In World War II".
Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1997.
This book recounts the prison stories of five people, four men and one woman. During World War II, Oscar Smith and Robert Salmon were prisoners of the Japanese and their stories are exceedingly different. Edward Uzemack, an American, was captured by German forces during the Battle of the Bulge and he had to survive in a German POW camp until the end of the war in Europe. On the other side, Hermann Pfrengle was a young German who avoided the Red Army to be intentionally captured by American soldiers. Finally, the woman, Helga Wunsch, from what was called East Germany, was imprisoned by the Soviets for political reasons.
All of these stories illustrate Man's inhumanity to Man. The story of Oscar Smith was the hardest to read, not because of the writing but due to the difficult subject. Japanese culture did not inhibit inhumanity to prisoners of war. In fact, the second story, the case of the British subject, Robert Salmon, illustrates this point. The Western prisoners from Shanghai were under a Japanese Commandant who had studied in the United States and had been in the Japanese consulate in Seattle. (Page 100). The name of the Japanese commandant is never given in this book (as far as I could see). Undoubtedly the commandant's exposure to Western culture inhibited Japanese inhumanness and turned Salmon's incarceration into a term of boredom rather than a struggle to avoid starvation and to survive.
Edward Uzemack was a reporter for the "Chicago Tribune" until 1943, when, despite his poor vision, he was drafted into the United States Army. He ended up in the 28th division, the "Keystone Division", just in time to meet the Nazi thrust through the Ardennes, commonly known as the Battle of the bulge, 1944. Uzemack was captured and spent the rest of the war in German POW camps.
The young German boy, Hermann Pfrengle, had a similar story to that of Uzemack. The German, Pfrengle, led his young compatriots West, so as to surrender to the American Army. They all dreaded capture by the Red Army. The American Army, however, did not treat the young German POWs very well. Not only was food not available, but there was little water. Conditions for Pfrengle were just about as bad as those endured by the American POW, Uzemack. Pfrengle's ability in English allowed him to communicate with the American guards, which eventually resulted in the early release of the boy-soldiers.
Perhaps the most unjust imprisonment was that of the woman. The German, Helga Wunsch, was arrested by the Soviets as a spy when the war ended and imprisoned for eight years, despite her not being guilty of anything. Her treatment showed that inhumanity knows no political boundary.
Each story was gathered from personal interviews and original memoirs, and the writing is excellent. The author's emphasis, in my humble opinion, is on the individual's will to survive, in environments where cruelty and illogical conditions are commonplace, and the individual has done nothing to deserve such treatment.
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Riveting!!
By M. Wilson
This book is well written and by the same author who wrote "My Three Years With The 92nd Illinois". It gives a riveting account of five individuals who were prisoners of the Japanese, the allies, the Russians and East Germans. A book that is hard to put down and gives insight into the hell faced by these unforunate people.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
I personally know/know of two of the individuals in this ...
By Judith Emmers
I personally know/know of two of the individuals in this book. The stories of their survival, amid brutality and unwarranted imprisionment, are moving. There are still those who isist that such things never happened, especially to innocent citizens. Well written.
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