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Inside stories : New Zealand POWs remember / edited by Megan Hutching with Ian McGibbon. - Auckland [N.Z.] : HarperCollins in association with the History Group, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2002. - 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Oral history Oral history (Auckland, N.Z.) . - Oral history (Auckland, N.Z.) Oral history. .

Cover subtitle: New Zealand prisoners of war remember. "Presents a small sample of the experiences of the approximately 8800 New Zealand servicemen who were taken prisoner during the Second World War"--Page 12.

Includes bibliographical references (page 46).

The Second World War saw one in 200 of the New Zealand population held in captivity by members of the opposing forces. Of these, most were captured early in the campaign, and most - over 7000 individuals - were army personnel.

ISBN: 9781869504359

LCCN: 2003386448

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1939-1945)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prisoners of war--New Zealand--Biography.
Prisoners of war--Germany --Biography.
Prisoners of war--Italy--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German--New Zealand.--Personal narratives

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Personal narratives--New Zealand.
Biography.

LC Class. No.: D805.A2 / I54 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 940.54720922