Greece, Crete, Stalag, Dachau : a New Zealand soldier's encounters with Hitler's army / Jack Elworthy ; edited text, Jo Elworthy.
Material type: TextPublisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Awa Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 246 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781927249123
- 9781927249123
- 1927249120
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 940.5481 ELW | 1 | Checked out | 06/05/2024 | T00563786 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In 1940, 28-year-old Jack Elworthy left to fight in Europe. He would return seven years later, changed forever. Like many soldiers, Jack had experienced the best and worst of human nature - from kindness and bravery of Crete civilians to the unimaginable horrors of Dachau. He escaped from Greece as the Nazis rolled in, fought and was captured in Crete, and endured four years in Germany's notorious POW camp Stalag VIIIB. Freed by American forces in 1945, he talked his way into the US Army's Thunderbird Division, which then made its way to Munich, and ultimately the liberation of Dachau. After seeing the concentration camp, he wrote of his 'disbelief that there existed a kind of people who could gas rooms full of naked people and shoot rows of kneeling men, women and children, day after day'. Jack's war was not over. Back in Britain awaiting repatriation, he devised a plan to return to devastated Europe - and succeeded, to the disbelief of MI5, who would later strong-arm him into revealing how he'd done it.
"In 1940, 28-year-old Jack Elworthy left to fight in Europe. He would return seven years later, changed forever. Like many soldiers, Jack had experienced the best and worst of human nature, from kindness and bravery of Crete civilians to the unimaginable horrors of Dachau. He escaped from Greece as the Nazis rolled in, fought and was captured in Crete, and endured four years in Germany's notorious POW camp Stalag VIIIB. Freed by American forces in 1945, he talked his way into the US Army's Thunderbird Division, which then made its way to Munich, and ultimately the liberation of Dachau. After seeing the concentration camp, he wrote of his 'disbelief that there existed a kind of people who could gas rooms full of naked people and shoot rows of kneeling men, women and children, day after day'. Jack's war was not over. Back in Britain awaiting repatriation, he devised a plan to return to devastated Europe, and succeeded, to the disbelief of MI5, who would later strong-arm him into revealing how he'd done it."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index. -"In 1940, 28-year-old Jack Elworthy left to fight in Europe. He would return seven years later, changed forever. Like many soldiers, Jack had experienced the best and worst of human nature, from kindness and bravery of Crete civilians to the unimaginable horrors of Dachau. He escaped from Greece as the Nazis rolled in, fought and was captured in Crete, and endured four years in Germany's notorious POW camp Stalag VIIIB. Freed by American forces in 1945, he talked his way into the US Army's Thunderbird Division, which then made its way to Munich, and ultimately the liberation of Dachau. After seeing the concentration camp, he wrote of his 'disbelief that there existed a kind of people who could gas rooms full of naked people and shoot rows of kneeling men, women and children, day after day'. Jack's war was not over. Back in Britain awaiting repatriation, he devised a plan to return to devastated Europe, and succeeded, to the disbelief of MI5, who would later strong-arm him into revealing how he'd done it."
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. 1)
- Preface (p. 5)
- 1 Preparing for war (p. 7)
- 2 To England (p. 11)
- 3 England 1940 (p. 17)
- 4 To Egypt (p. 25)
- 5 Egypt (p. 29)
- 6 Greece (p. 33)
- 7 Retreat to Larissa (p. 39)
- 8 Retreat to Atalanti (p. 47)
- 9 Retreat to Athens (p. 57)
- 10 Retreat to the beaches (p. 62)
- 11 First days in Crete (p. 69)
- 12 Invasion (p. 76)
- 13 The battle continues (p. 85)
- 14 Over the mountains (p. 91)
- 15 Sfakia (p. 100)
- 16 Captured again (p. 108)
- 17 The camp at Maleme (p. 113)
- 18 Settling in (p. 123)
- 19 Working for the enemy (p. 131)
- 20 Staying on at Maleme (p. 138)
- 21 Galatas prison camp (p. 144)
- 22 Last days in Crete (p. 152)
- 23 Salonika (p. 158)
- 24 Train to Lamsdorf (p. 163)
- 25 Life in Stalag VIIIB (p. 168)
- 26 Evacuation to Nuremberg (p. 176)
- 27 Liberation (p. 180)
- 28 Kiwi GI (p. 185)
- 29 Dachau (p. 195)
- 30 Occupation duties (p. 198)
- 31 A Kiwi again (p. 205)
- 32 The end of the adventure (p. 210)
- 33 Making a new life (p. 215)
- Appendices
- Court of Enquiry, 1945 (p. 221)
- Letter, 1993 (p. 224)
- Timeline (p. 226)
- Glossary (p. 231)
- Endnotes (p. 235)
- Further reading (p. 239)
- Illustration credits (p. 240)
- Index (p. 243)