The war memoirs of a well-known public figure He was the first British officer to escape successfully from Colditz Castle. Also provides first hand insight into the characters of leading Nazis
Airey Neave Libros
Airey Neave fue un oficial del ejército británico, abogado, político y autor. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Neave fue el primer oficial británico en escapar con éxito del campo de prisioneros de guerra alemán Oflag IV-C en el Castillo de Colditz. Por su servicio en tiempos de guerra, en 1948 los Estados Unidos le otorgaron la Estrella de Bronce. Más tarde se convirtió en miembro conservador del Parlamento por Abingdon. Neave fue asesinado en 1979 en un atentado con coche bomba en la Cámara de los Comunes, del que se atribuyó la responsabilidad el Ejército Nacional de Liberación de Irlanda (INLA).
Nuremberg: A Personal Record of the Trial of the Major Nazi War Criminals
- 384 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
On 18 October 1945, a day that would haunt him for ever, Airey Neave personally served the official indictments on the twenty-one top Nazis awaiting trial in Nuremberg - including Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess and Albert Speer. With his visit to their gloomy prison cells, the tragedy of an entire generation reached its final act. The 29-year-old Neave, a wartime organiser of MI9 and the first Englishman to escape from Colditz Castle, had watched and listened over the months as the trials unfolded. Here, he describes the cowardice, calumny and in some cases bravado of the defendants - men he came to know and who in turn would become known as some of the most evil men in history. A milestone in international law, the Nuremberg trials prompted uncomfortable but vital questions about how we prosecute the worst crimes ever committed - and who is entitled to deliver justice. Challenging, poignant and incisive, this definitive eyewitness account remains indispensable reading today.
Saturday at M.I.9
- 328 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969.
Little Cyclone
- 190 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
The exhilarating and true story of the most remarkable escape route of the Second World War.