War Stories

One of the few prisoners of war to find himself dispatched to the concentration camp of Auschwitz tells the story of the horrors he witnessed, his escape, recapture, and the "death march" of the Nazi retreat.

His code name was Pierre Lalande, and his assignment to France led to an escape network that would save hundreds of lives. His assistance in sabotaging the V2 and records that he kept at the time, would help both the war effort and war crimes investigations.

Captured by Rommel's army in North Africa and sent to a prison camp, Ian Bell escaped but was recaptured. He managed to save himself from the firing squad, only to be brutally tortured. But at the war's end Bell was fittingly recruited as a Nazi hunter.

They were the men and women who risked their lives to send the story home. Some never returned. But Claire Hollingworth, a newspaper reporter, and Billy Jordan and Harry Oaks, cameramen, lived to tell their tales from the outbreak of the war to the discovered horror of Belsen.

Special Operations worked with the French Resistance behind enemy lines, attacking military and economic targets. George Millar, code name: Emil, recounts his exploits of subterfuge and sabotage.

Founded in England, the Jewish Brigade fought under its own flag, making an enormous contribution to the war effort. But, at the war's end, they would find their weapons turned against their fellow countrymen in the struggle to establish the State of Israel.