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Seven years among prisoners of war

Title: Seven years among prisoners of war / Chris Christiansen ; translated by Ida Egede Winther.
Author: Christiansen, Chris, 1914-
Publication: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©1994.

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Description

xi, 221 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Hundreds of thousands of prisoners were incarcerated in camps around the world during World War II. And individuals from all walks of life joined international organizations like the Red Cross, churches, and other relief groups to help counter the hopelessness of camp life. One of these was Chris Christiansen, who had just graduated from Theological School at Copenhagen University when he took a position with the World's Alliance of the YMCAs to work with British, American, and other Allied prisoners of war in Germany. The next seven years were, for him, "an amazing experience." The prisoners faced cold, starvation, loneliness, deprivation, and cruel and arbitrary treatment. Those who served among them - unrecognized in the headlines or history text - worked tirelessly and patiently to relieve the conditions of the prisoners as much as possible. Christiansen, who was also arrested in Berlin and imprisoned in Moscow experienced this grim aspect of warfare from both sides. His story pays tribute to the prisoners, to the relief workers, to the churches and other service organizations, and to "that part of the human spirit" which sustained them through this dark period in our collective past."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Syv år blandt krigsfanger. English

Alternative Title

Syv år blandt krigsfanger.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.
Personal narratives – Danish.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220).

ISBN

0821410695
9780821410691

LCCN

93045964

OCLC

ocm29638005
29638005
SCSB-9359939

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Princeton University Library