Forgotten hero of Bunker Valentin /
Michèle Callan.
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| Summary: | In 1943, 32 Irish POWs refused a Gestapo request to work for Germany. They were sent to a labour camp, where they were starved, beaten and forced to dig the foundations for a Nazi super-structure. This is the gripping story of Harry Callan's capture, resistance and liberation and his quest to honour the forgotten heroes of Bunker Valentin. |
| Format: | BOOK |
| Language: | English |
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Cork :
Collins Press,
2017.
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| Notes: | Cover & spine title: Forgotten hero of Bunker Valentin : the Harry Callan story. Includes bibliographical references. Physical description: x, 323 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Cover title: Forgotten hero of Bunker Valentin : the Harry Callan story. Cover title: Harry Callan story. more |
| ISBN: | 1848893019 9781848893016 |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Early Days in Derry -- Training for My New Job -- My Life at Sea -- SS Afric Star -- Taken Prisoner -- Prisoner at Sea -- Prisoner on Land -- Prisoner-of-War Camp -- Enticements to Work -- Bremen-Farge Marine Camp -- Bremen-Farge Labour Education Camp -- Bunker Valentin and a Letter to the Irish Consulate -- Second Letter to the Irish Consulate -- 14 Punishment and Typhus -- Working Outside the Camp -- 'Irlánder' and a Typhus Epidemic -- The Heidbreder Family -- Hell Camp, Bremen-Farge -- Return to Westertimke and Liberation -- Going Home -- Dealing with the Changes in Derry -- Nightmares and the War at Home -- Christmas 1945 and Going Back to Sea -- Life Moves On -- Compensation and Germany Revisited -- New Friends and Old Friends -- War Crimes Trial Findings -- Keeping the Memories Alive -- The Irishmen Remembered. | |
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