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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Gossage, Carolyn, 1933-     Subjects     Women prisoners of war -- Canada -- Biography.     Women prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, French.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Women.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gossage, Carolyn, 1933-       by title:      The accidental capti...       by call number:      940.547243 G677a     Search the Web     Gossage, Carolyn, 1933-     Women prisoners of war -- Canada -- Biography.     Women prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, French.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Women.       MARC Display

The accidental captives : the story of seven women alone in Nazi Germany / Carolyn Gossage ; with the co-operation of Peter Levitt. by Gossage, Carolyn, 1933- Dundurn , c2012. Call #: 940.547243 G677a Subjects Women prisoners of war -- Canada -- Biography.   Women prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, French.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Women. ISBN:  9781459703629 Description:  xiii, 210 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Notes:  "This English language edition was first published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. in the United Kingdom"--T.p. verso. Bibliography:  Includes webography & bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index. Summary:  In April 1941, seven Canadian women became prisoners of war while on a voyage from New York City to Cape Town. Their aging Egyptian liner, the Zamzam, was sunk off the coast of South Africa by the German raider Atlantis. The passengers were transferred to a prison ship and eventually put ashore in Nazi-occupied France. As "non-aliens," all 140 Americans were released after five weeks in captivity, and with the help of the Life photographer in their midst, the news of their narrow escape became an overnight sensation. The hapless Canadians were taken to Bordeaux and became part of a group of 28 women and children interned in various German detention camps. By a stroke of luck, the Canadians eventually received permission to travel to Berlin where they were left to fend for themselves and adapt to life among "the enemy." As prisoners-at-large, they established contacts with American journalists and diplomats, an elderly Jewish professor, and even with Nazi propagandist P.G. Wodehouse. Finally, in June 1942, an exchange was arranged and the Canadians were able to board a special diplomatic “Freedom Train” bound for Lisbon, and from there they got back across the Atlantic to New York and new-found freedom. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.547243 G677a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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