Out of Colditz (Ebook)
My Father the POW and the Nazi who Controlled his Fate
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The astonishing true story of the high-profile hostages who survived Colditz - and the man who spared their lives
'A truly revelatory story of courage, treachery, intrigue, divided loyalties and vengeance' Damien Lewis, author of SAS Great Escapes
'A gripping, unsettling journey into the strange moral fog of the war's last days - and the shadows we inherit long after' Iain MacGregor, author of The Lighthouse of Stalingrad
The grandson of a King. The son of the Viceroy of India. Churchill's nephew. Held captive at the notorious Colditz prisoner of war camp, they were the Prominente: scions of the British establishment, and pawns in the hands of Nazi leaders.
As a German defeat loomed, the SS head of the POW camps Gottlob Berger made a pivotal decision: he would disobey direct orders and spare their lives. 'Please remember what I have done for you when the war ends,' he asked. This Nazi overseer, who would later be convicted of war crimes, held their future in his hands.
Eighty years later, David Lascelles - the son of George, Earl of Harewood, who would never have been born if his father had been executed - traces the Prominentes' extraordinary journey and wonders who Gottlob Berger was and what motivated his fateful decision: compassion? Remorse? Or self-interest?
Out of Colditz (Audiobook)
My Father the POW and the Nazi who Controlled his Fate
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The astonishing true story of the high-profile hostages who survived Colditz - and the man who spared their lives
'A truly revelatory story of courage, treachery, intrigue, divided loyalties and vengeance' Damien Lewis, author of SAS Great Escapes
'A gripping, unsettling journey into the strange moral fog of the war's last days – and the shadows we inherit long after' Iain MacGregor, author of The Lighthouse of Stalingrad
The grandson of a King. The son of the Viceroy of India. Churchill's nephew. Held captive at the notorious Colditz prisoner of war camp, they were the Prominente: scions of the British establishment, and pawns in the hands of Nazi leaders.
As a German defeat loomed, the SS head of the POW camps Gottlob Berger made a pivotal decision: he would disobey direct orders and spare their lives. 'Please remember what I have done for you when the war ends,' he asked. This Nazi overseer, who would later be convicted of war crimes, held their future in his hands.
Eighty years later, David Lascelles – the son of George, Earl of Harewood, who would never have been born if his father had been executed – traces the Prominentes' extraordinary journey and wonders who Gottlob Berger was and what motivated his fateful decision: compassion? Remorse? Or self-interest?
Out of Colditz (Hardback)
My Father the POW and the Nazi who Controlled his Fate
Preorder from
The astonishing true story of the high-profile hostages who survived Colditz - and the man who spared their lives
'A truly revelatory story of courage, treachery, intrigue, divided loyalties and vengeance' Damien Lewis, author of SAS Great Escapes
'A gripping, unsettling journey into the strange moral fog of the war's last days - and the shadows we inherit long after' Iain MacGregor, author of The Lighthouse of Stalingrad
The grandson of a King. The son of the Viceroy of India. Churchill's nephew. Held captive at the notorious Colditz prisoner of war camp, they were the Prominente: scions of the British establishment, and pawns in the hands of Nazi leaders.
As a German defeat loomed, the SS head of the POW camps Gottlob Berger made a pivotal decision: he would disobey direct orders and spare their lives. 'Please remember what I have done for you when the war ends,' he asked. This Nazi overseer, who would later be convicted of war crimes, held their future in his hands.
Eighty years later, David Lascelles - the son of George, Earl of Harewood, who would never have been born if his father had been executed - traces the Prominentes' extraordinary journey and wonders who Gottlob Berger was and what motivated his fateful decision: compassion? Remorse? Or self-interest?
Reviews for Out of Colditz
Robert Verkaik, author of THE TRAITOR OF COLDITZ
Alwyn Turner, author of A SHELLSHOCKED NATION
John Jay, author of NINETTE'S WAR
Professor Jane Caplan, University of Oxford
Damien Lewis, author of SAS GREAT ESCAPES
David Lascelles
David Lascelles is a BAFTA-winning film and television producer and honorary president of Leeds United. He is one of the founders of Heirs of Slavery, a campaign group that supports reconciliation and reparative justice to redress the horrors of the Transatlantic slave trade. He lives in Yorkshire. Out of Colditz is his second book. On the death of his father in 2011 he became the 8th Earl of Harewood.