With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored german uniforms and civilian clothes.
They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion.
It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred men, every single one of them, every minute, every hour, every day, and every night for more than a year.
With bare hands and homemade tools, over 600 American and British P.O.W.'s in Nazi camps built numerous underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored elaborate German uniforms and civilian clothes. Robert Whitfield reads this suspenseful dramatic story in a calm, thoughtful manner. His consistent pace and matter-of-fact delivery mimic the methodical struggle of the P.O.W.'s to regain their freedom and escape starvation. The timing, cadence, vocal quality, and even melody of Whitfield's reading add to the suspense. Listeners will understand more fully the ordeal of a P.O.W. S.C.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
-The San Francisco Chronicle...
"One of the great true stories of the war, and one of the greatest escape narratives of all time."
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