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The Resource Prisoner of the Gestapo : a memoir of survival and captivity in wartime Poland, Tom Firth, (electronic resource)
Prisoner of the Gestapo : a memoir of survival and captivity in wartime Poland, Tom Firth, (electronic resource)
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The item Prisoner of the Gestapo : a memoir of survival and captivity in wartime Poland, Tom Firth, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
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- Summary
- Tom Firth was born in Japan where his English father and Polish mother were living. He begins by describing his unusual childhood and the devastating Yokohama earthquake in 1923. In 1930 the family settled in Warsaw, Poland. However they became split up when Poland became overrun by the Nazis and the Russians in 1939. Whilst his father and older brother were in England, Tom found himself trapped in the Russian-occupied part of the country and, after several agonizing months, eventually made his way to Warsaw where his mother had managed to survive the bombing of the city. He vividly describes life under both regimes, as well as the cat-and-mouse game his mother was forced to play with the Gestapo in order to avoid arrest. Later, both became deeply involved with the sheltering of escaped British prisoners of war and it was this activity which led to his capture and imprisonment in a jail in Krakow. Miraculously released after eighteen months captivity, largely due to his command of the Polish language, he vowed to escape to Britain at all cost
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9781844684823
- Label
- Prisoner of the Gestapo : a memoir of survival and captivity in wartime Poland
- Title
- Prisoner of the Gestapo
- Title remainder
- a memoir of survival and captivity in wartime Poland
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Firth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Tom Firth was born in Japan where his English father and Polish mother were living. He begins by describing his unusual childhood and the devastating Yokohama earthquake in 1923. In 1930 the family settled in Warsaw, Poland. However they became split up when Poland became overrun by the Nazis and the Russians in 1939. Whilst his father and older brother were in England, Tom found himself trapped in the Russian-occupied part of the country and, after several agonizing months, eventually made his way to Warsaw where his mother had managed to survive the bombing of the city. He vividly describes life under both regimes, as well as the cat-and-mouse game his mother was forced to play with the Gestapo in order to avoid arrest. Later, both became deeply involved with the sheltering of escaped British prisoners of war and it was this activity which led to his capture and imprisonment in a jail in Krakow. Miraculously released after eighteen months captivity, largely due to his command of the Polish language, he vowed to escape to Britain at all cost
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1922-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Firth, Tom
- Dewey number
- 940.548141
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D805.G3
- LC item number
- F49 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Firth, Tom
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Besetzung
- Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
- Poland
- Polen
- Label
- Prisoner of the Gestapo : a memoir of survival and captivity in wartime Poland, Tom Firth, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Control code
- ocn798579078
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781844684823
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- ill., 1 map.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)798579078
- Label
- Prisoner of the Gestapo : a memoir of survival and captivity in wartime Poland, Tom Firth, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Control code
- ocn798579078
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781844684823
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- ill., 1 map.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)798579078
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