Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Alan Woods (2021), 469 pages
Description
"One day I would like you to go to the places that I have been and to see the things that I have seen but without the nasty bits." Eighty years after World War Two, encouraged by his father's stories of survival and determination, a son travels to Poland to follow his father's experiences as a soldier and a Prisoner of War. Without the Nasty Bits weaves Norman's words with Alan's journey in a story that brings the past to life.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
469 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0473571897 / 9780473571894
Local notes
A NZ soldier's memoir of his service and capture in North Africa and imprisonment in POW camps in Italy (PG 66 Capua, PG 52 Chiavari, PG 57 Gruppignano), Germany and three work camps in Poland, combined with his son Alan's account of his visit to the same locations in Germany and Poland many years later.