The Prisoner
11/05/19 • 13 min
Edward Carter-Edwards served on a Halifax heavy bomber with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He was one of 168 Allied airmen temporarily imprisoned in the Buchenwald Concentration camp after his aircraft was shot down over German-occupied France.
Listen, then request a Memory Project speaker at http://www.thememoryproject.com/book-a-speaker
Learn more about Canada and the Holocaust on The Canadian Encyclopedia at https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en
Music Credits: Kai Engel – Brooks, Marcel Pequel - Four
Edward Carter-Edwards served on a Halifax heavy bomber with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He was one of 168 Allied airmen temporarily imprisoned in the Buchenwald Concentration camp after his aircraft was shot down over German-occupied France.
Listen, then request a Memory Project speaker at http://www.thememoryproject.com/book-a-speaker
Learn more about Canada and the Holocaust on The Canadian Encyclopedia at https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en
Music Credits: Kai Engel – Brooks, Marcel Pequel - Four
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