TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bascomb, Neal,
TI  - The grand escape: the greatest prison breakout of the 20th century 
SN  - 9781338140347
AV  - D627.G3 B29 2018
U1  - 940.4/72430943597 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Inc., 
KW  - World War (1914-1918)
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, German
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Prisoner-of-war escapes
KW  - Germany
KW  - Holzminden
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Biography
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - fast
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "In association with Scholastic Focus."; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "At the height of World War I, as Allied and German forces battled in the trenches and in the air, any captured Allied soldiers and pilots were sent to a web of German prisons. The most dangerous POWs, the ones most talented at escaping, were sent to the camp of Holzminden--better known as "Hellminden." A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, its rules enforced with cruel precision, the prison was the pride of a ruthless commandant named Karl Niemeyer. This is the story of a group of ingenious and defiant Allied soldiers and pilots who dared to escape from Holzminden, right under Niemeyer's nose. Leading a team that tunneled through the prison's foundation and far beyond its walls, these breakout artists forged documents, smuggled in supplies, and bribed guards. Twice the tunnel was almost exposed, and the whole plan foiled. But in the end, a group of ten prisoners escaped and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest POW breakout of World War I, inspiring their countrymen in the darkest hours of the fight."--Dust jacket
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