Accidental Captives The Story of Seven Women Alone in Nazi Germany

Name: Accidental Captives The Story of Seven Women Alone in Nazi Germany
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ISBN: 9781459703629

ISBN-10: 1459703626

ISBN-13: 9781459703629

Edition: 2011

Authors: Carolyn Gossage

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In April 1941, seven Canadian women became prisoners of war while on a voyage from New York City to Cape Town. The aging Egyptian liner, the Zamzam, was sunk off the coast of South Africa by the German raider Atlantis. The passengers were transferred to a prison ship and eventually put ashore in Nazi-occupied France. The Americans were released after five weeks in captivity, and the news of their narrow escape became an overnight sensation with the help of the Lifephotographer in their midst. The seven Canadians were taken to Bordeaux and became part of a group of 28 women and children forcibly interned in various German detention camps. With some freedoms, the Canadians adapted, organizing…

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 3/17/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Preface and acknowledgements



The last voyage of the Zamzam 20 March-U April 1941


Welcome on board


Two new passengers


The surface raider Atlantis


Attack at first light


Captives



Prisoners of war on the high seas 18April-20Mayl941


Aboard the MS Dresden


Through the British blockade


The Americans get lucky



Overland into die Third Reich 21 May-15 June 1941


Sorrowful farewells


Jail-hopping



Liebenau internment camp 2 6 June-J 3 September 1941


The many faces of a new-found paradise


The daily round and common task


A sudden turnaround



Stranded in Berlin 14 September 1941-12 June 1942


Hotel Wartburg


Settling into the Damenstift


A changing of the guard


Christmas in Germany


In the heart of the Third Reich


The promise of spring


The Damenstift diplomats


The garden house



Repatriation 13-30 June 1942


Patience rewarded


Welcome home


Notes


Sources and bibliography


Appendix: Zamzam passenger List


Index