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050 00 $aDJK50$b.F54 1999
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100 1 $aField, Hermann H.,$d1910-2001.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84026052
245 10 $aTrapped in the Cold War :$bthe ordeal of an American family /$cHermann Field and Kate Field ; afterword by Norman M. Naimark.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$c1999.
300 $a451 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [433]-437) and index.
520 1 $a"The disappearance behind the Iron Curtain of the American brothers Noel and Hermann Field in 1949, followed by that of Noel's wife and their foster daughter, was one of the most publicized international mysteries of the Cold War. This dual memoir gives an intensely human dimension to that struggle, with Hermann narrating all that happened to him from the day he was abducted from the Warsaw airport to his release five years later, and Kate relating her unrelenting efforts to find her husband.".
520 8 $a"Thousands of potential victims of Hitler's dragnet were rescued in 1939 and during World War II through separate efforts of the Field brothers. Arrested in Czechoslovakia in 1949, Noel was taken to Hungary and used as an example of American perfidy in show trials. Hermann went to Poland primarily to find out what had happened to his brother. After Hermann's abduction, he was taken to the cellar of a secret Polish prison, where he was held for five years.
520 8 $aHe gives us a detailed account of his battle to survive, alternating despair and horror with mordant humor. Meanwhile, his family had no idea whether he was still alive and if so, where.".
520 8 $a"This moving story, based on detailed notes made by the authors during and shortly after the events described, presents an inside-outside counterpoint, as Hermann's chapters on his inward journey in his cellar world alternate with Kate's efforts in London to find him by scrutinizing accounts of political events in Eastern Europe for clues and penetrating the diplomatic corridors of power in the West for help."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aField, Hermann H.,$d1910-2001.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84026052
650 0 $aCold War.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005637
650 0 $aPolitical prisoners$zPoland$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109675
650 0 $aAmericans$zEurope, Eastern$vBiography.
651 0 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000579
600 34 $aField (Family)
650 4 $aCold War.
700 1 $aField, Kate,$d1912-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99057773
852 00 $bglx$hDJK50$i.F54 1999