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1 online resource (352 pages) : map |
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"The extraordinary true story of one man's escape from a Siberian labour camp and his 3-year trek to freedom"--Cover. |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (EBL platform, viewed September 2, 2014). |
| Summary |
In 1944, German paratrooper Clemens Forell* was captured by the Soviets and sentenced to twenty-five years of labor in a Siberian lead mine. In the Gulags, this was virtually a death sentence. Driven to desperation by the brutality of the prison camp, he staged a daring escape. For the next three years, Forell traveled 8,000 miles in barren, frozen wilderness, haunted by blizzards, wolves, criminals, the KGB, and the fear of recapture and retribution. Only a remarkable will to survive, and a bit of luck, allowed him to reach the safety of the Persian border. The resulting story is a rare document of the horrors faced by POWs in the Soviet Union, and a testament to the human spirit. Originally published in 1955, Bauer's writing brilliantly evokes Forell's desperation in the prison camp, and his struggle for survival and terror of recapture as he makes his way towards the Persian frontier and freedom. *(Clemens Forell is the name the author gave to the subject of this book, an escaped Russian prisoner of war who wanted to remain anonymous). |
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Originally published in 1955, this must be one of the most dramatic adventures of our time. Clemens Forell, a German soldier, was sentenced to 25 years of forced labour in a Siberian lead mine after the Second World War. Rebelling against the brutality of the camp, Forell staged a daring escape, enduring an 8000-mile journey across the trackless wastes of Siberia, in some of the most treacherous and inhospitable conditions on earth. Bauer's writing brilliantly evokes Forell's desperation in the prison camp, and his struggle for survival and terror of recapture as he makes his way towards the Persian frontier and freedom. |
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Forell, Clemens.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Soviet.
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Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- Biography.
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Escaped prisoners of war -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- Biography.
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Wilderness survival.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
So weit die Füsse tragen. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bauer, Josef Martin, 1901-1970. So weit die Füsse tragen. English. As far as my feet will carry me. New York : Skyhorse Pub., [2008] 9781602392366 (DLC) 2008005784 (OCoLC)191882173 |
| ISBN |
9781620876688 (electronic bk.) |
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162087668X (electronic bk.) |
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