In 1944, hundreds of Allied airmen were transported to the notorious concentration camp at Buchenwald in the black heart of Nazi Germany. Many of those who did not starve or succumb to disease have related their experiences for inclusion in this terrifying book. (Inscription on prelim.)

The Summer of 1944, when Allied forces were sweeping towards Paris, was the beginning of the end for Hitler’s Third Reich. However for a group of downed airmen evacuated from Fresnes Prison ahead of the advancing troops, the worst of the war was about to begin. pp. xiv, 185 First Edition #1020 ISBN 10: 086417733X ISBN 13: 9780864177339

In total 168 Allied airmen (including several from Australia and New Zealand) were transported illegally to the infamous Buchenwald concentration camp where they experienced first-hand the black heart of Nazism. Miraculously they survived the order for their mass execution