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Review of Sojourn in Silesia
'Arthur Evans was wounded at Boulogne early in the war and endured five years of captivity. Forget all you have seen and read of languid officers plotting their next escape while playing cricket or rehearsing their next play. For the vast majority of POWs, the ordinary soldiers like Arthur, captivity was gruelling and that is why his book is so important. Forced to work down the coalmines of Silesia, he endured the hard, hard life of the the giant Lamsdorf camp with starvation rations and serious illness. 'Sojourn in Silesia' is a valuable testimony to the way it was for so many ordinary men and Arthur Evans tells his story with simple dignity.'
James Long - Author of 'Ferney' |
