The Broken Swastika by Willy Trebich - 1973

United Kingdom: Leo Cooper, 1973. Book. Fine (Book Condition). Hardcover. An excellent copy, but for shelfwear to dust jacket. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

Lon.: Cooper. memoir of a former member of the Hitler Youth who later served in the British army and was captured by the Germans in WWII . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1973.

London: Leo Cooper, 1973. 184 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs. "Few men can lay claim to a more extraordinary military career than Willy Trebich. At the outbreak of the Second World War he belonged to both the HAC (Honourable Artillery Company) and to the Hilter Youth. Nurtured in the international society of the Cote d'Azur, in 1939 he was working as a stockbroker in the City. To please his boss he had joined the HAC but his heart was with the Hitler Jugend with whom he spent every moment of his holidays. The reader will discover by what twists of fate it fell out that Willy eventually served in the RHA (Royal Horse Artillery) and not in the German Army. The decision was made but the crisis was far from over. He was captured in North Africa by his former Nazi friends. He escaped and was recaptured no less than six times - eventually being sent to the concentration camp at Regensburg - but each time he knew that he was escaping as much from his fellow prisoners as from the enemy.… Read More

Leo Cooper, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Red illustrated dust-jacket with black lettering on front. Red spine with black lettering. Dark red covers with gilt lettering on spine. Light shelf-wear to edges. Sound binding. Clean pages. Library pocket on front end-paper. Bookplate on reverse of half-title page. Dust-jacket in non-adhesive clear protective sleeve. Text and spine marked with Library stamps, library pocket inside book.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0850521009. ISBN/EAN: 9780850521009. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 14415121072. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. 9780850521009

London: Leo Cooper. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine is a little sunned but clear & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 184 pages. The double life of one of the last war's most persistent escapers. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London : Leo Cooper, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vii, 184, [4] p. : illus., ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Trebich, Willy. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, English. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British. Genre: Military History. Language: English.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.