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050 4 $aD805.S68$bH67 2015
100 1 $aHorn, Karen,$eauthor.
245 10 $aIn enemy hands :$bSouth Africa's POWs in World War ll /$cKaren Horn.
264 1 $aJohannesburg :$bJonathan Ball Publishers,$c2015.
300 $aviii, 308 pages :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aFor Dr Smuts, not for Dr Hertzog -- Every man for himself -- Trek oxen in August -- Wire happy -- Uneasy inertia -- The art of being a POW -- Anxious Annies.
520 $a" Books on World War II abound, yet there are remarkably few publications on South Africa's role in this war, which had such an influence on how we live today. There is even less written about those who participated on the margins of the war, especially those who were physically removed from the battlefields through capture by enemy forces. South Africa's prisoners of war during World War II, their experiences and recollections, are largely forgotten. That is until now. Historian Karen Horn painstakingly tracked down a number of former POWs. Together with written memoirs and archival documents, their interviews reveal rich narratives of hardship, endurance, humour, longing and self-discovery. Instead of fighting, these men adapted to another war, one which was fought on the inside of many prison camps. It was a war against hunger and deprivation, at times against ever-encroaching despondency and low morale amongst their companions in captivity." -- Back cover.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zSouth Africa$vBiography.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, South African.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, South African.
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$zSouth Africa.
852 00 $boff,glx$hD805.S68$iH67 2015g