The night is full of stars : an account by a German physician as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union 1945-1949 / by Friedrich Schmitz-Hertzberg ; trans. from the German by Kathleen Schmitz-Hertzberg with Evelyn Schmitz-Hertzberg.
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TextPublication details: York, Eng. : William Sessions Ltd, c2009. Description: 178 p : ill., maps, ports., facsim. ; 21 cmISBN: 9781850723974; 1850723974Subject(s): Schmitz-Hertzberg, Friedrich | Quaker physicians -- Germany -- Biography | Quakers -- Germany -- Biography | Prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, GermanSummary: This German physician's account as a POW in the Soviet Union was written shortly after his release in 1949 and prior to emigrating to Canada with his English Quaker wife, Kathleen. Now, fifty years later, Kathleen has translated this story. This is a remarkable book by a remarkable man, who relives the wretchedness and despair, with frequent death, but occasional hope, of German soldiers who became POWs. Somehow the author managed to retain not only his integrity as a caring individual, but also his conviction that all would be well in the end.
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This German physician's account as a POW in the Soviet Union was written shortly after his release in 1949 and prior to emigrating to Canada with his English Quaker wife, Kathleen. Now, fifty years later, Kathleen has translated this story. This is a remarkable book by a remarkable man, who relives the wretchedness and despair, with frequent death, but occasional hope, of German soldiers who became POWs. Somehow the author managed to retain not only his integrity as a caring individual, but also his conviction that all would be well in the end.
Friedrich Schmitz-Hertzberg is a Quaker.
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