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Forgotten Hero of Bunker Valentin - The Harry Callan Story (Paperback)
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Forgotten Hero of Bunker Valentin - The Harry Callan Story (Paperback)
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In 1943, thirty-two Irish POWs refused a Gestapo request to work
for Germany. They were sent to a labour camp, where they were
starved, beaten and forced to dig the foundations for a Nazi
super-structure codenamed Bunker Valentin - an immense U-boat
factory. Thousands of the camp's prisoners perished, including five
of the Irishmen; bodies fell into the foundations and were never
recovered. The surviving Irishmen were saved by the goodwill of
decent Germans.Among them was Harry Callan, a Catholic boy from
Derry who went to sea at sixteen as a British Merchant Navy seaman.
His ship had been captured by a German raider two years before he
ended up at the labour camp. Harry was unable to speak about the
brutality he experienced for decades after he was liberated. When
he finally began to tell his story, his family were shocked by what
they heard.In his eighties, Harry agreed to revisit the site of his
incarceration. He found local historians had no evidence of the
Irish prisoners: they had disappeared from official records.
Determined to give his comrades recognition, he began working to
preserve their memory. This is the gripping story of Harry's
capture, resistance and liberation.But above all, it is the final
chapter in his quest to honour the forgotten heroes of Bunker
Valentin.
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