{"product_id":"9781839526152-a-polish-voice","title":"A Polish Voice","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand my father, the man who always listened\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young teenager enlisted into the Polish Army in 1938. Deported to the Soviet Union and imprisoned in a Siberian prison camp, this audacious soldier became reunited with his compatriots in Scotland where he trained as a paratrooper and took part in the fated WW2 Operation Market Garden, Arnhem in 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifty years later, then a patient in hospital, the soldier recounted his life’s experience to my father in the next bed, who had the forethought to record their conversation onto a Dictaphone machine. My father’s empathetic nature and harrowing childhood experiences of seeing HMS Foylebank destroyed by German bomber planes on his way to school in 1940 led to a unique and unlikely friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe discovery of these recordings in 2020 inspired \u003cem\u003eThe Polish Voice, \u003c\/em\u003ea fully researched historical record of both men’s lives, a tribute to them, reminding us of the importance to listen to one another and the legacy of a recorded voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40795064139873,"sku":"9781839526152","price":10.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29543216.jpg?v=1725549856","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839526152-a-polish-voice","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}