Thompson's Lucky Star:
The Story of a Stalag Survivor
When Corporal George Thompson of The Buffs was walking to freedom from Stalag IVB after the camp's liberation in April 1945, he most probably stopped for a moment, looked up at the sky and thanked his lucky star again. That star had kept him alive through five long years of war, the last eighteen brutal months of which he had spent as a prisoner-of-war.
As he passed through the huge, intimidating gates of the camp for the last time, George carried with him some mementoes from his time in captivity, among them a very small, dog-eared notebook. The notebook was George’s prisoner-of-war diary, which he had begun the day after he was taken prisoner and in which he had made the final entry on the day of his liberation.
Reproducing the actual diary entries and supplementing them with information drawn from published accounts of the progress of the War, Thompson's Lucky Star tells the harrowing and courageous story of George’s captivity.
As he passed through the huge, intimidating gates of the camp for the last time, George carried with him some mementoes from his time in captivity, among them a very small, dog-eared notebook. The notebook was George’s prisoner-of-war diary, which he had begun the day after he was taken prisoner and in which he had made the final entry on the day of his liberation.
Reproducing the actual diary entries and supplementing them with information drawn from published accounts of the progress of the War, Thompson's Lucky Star tells the harrowing and courageous story of George’s captivity.
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Catherine Kirby, Author (UK)This is a very touching story based on diary entries of Corporal George Thompson. It gives details of his personal responses to the awful conditions he had to bear. It also lets us see how patient in tribulation he and so many of comrades were. It was an eye-opener for me. I've seen films based on prison of war camps but these didn't show the full horror these poor men suffered. Thompson also records some of the even more appalling treatment the Russians and Italians suffered at the hands of the Germans. It's well worth a read of this novella. I highly recommend it.
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