From: Tom Holloway (tom.holloway@U3A.ORG.UK)
Date: Thu Jul 22 1999 - 05:36:38 PDT
. One of the definitions of the word 'diplomat' is "a gentleman who is sent abroad to tell lies on behalf of his country", and this apparant willingness to tell lies (or, at least, to suppress the truth) seems to be common to all forms of government, whether they claim to be 'democratic' or not. The following book review is a good example of this. An astonishing truth, suddenly, after 50 years, revealed. ================================= Tom Holloway (tom.holloway@u3a.org.uk) The Chatback Trust (http://visitweb.com/chatback) Tel: +44 1926-771772 Fax: 1926-771707 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/16/99 The Prison Called Hohenasperg by author Arthur D. Jacobs Review by Judith Hammonds The prison in Germany held high ranking officers of the Third Reich in 1946. U.S Army soldiers guarded the prisoners. How could a boy who had been born in America come to be in such a place? How could a boy living in Brooklyn, NY until he was 11 years old come to celebrate his 13th birthday in this prison called Hohenasperg? What had become of his loving and caring family? How did they become separated? Why? Would they ever be reunited? Would he ever get back to America? Without a passport? This book is the untold story of Arthur Jacobs’ experiences of terror and separation. Terror of prison life as a child. And alarming separation from family and country. This tale, that is just now being told, traces Arthur’s journey from his boyhood home in Brooklyn NY to war torn Germany and back again to the USA in 1947—to a new home and family in Kansas. Years later, after Arthur retired as Major of the USAF, he began a research process that would eventually provide him with answers to many questions regarding the plight of his family between 1944-1947. The answers to questions that had so plagued Arthur Jacobs, and many others, are addressed in the epilogue of The Prison Called Hohenasperg.