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1940s: A story set in a Canadian prisoner-of-war camp at the base of the Canadian Rockies
Dishonour in Camp 133
What you need to know before your trail
Even thousands of miles from the front lines, locked into a Canadian prisoner-of-war camp at the base of the Canadian Rockies, death isn’t far away. For August Neumann, head of Camp Civil Security and decorated German war hero, this is the reality. Chef Schlipal has been found dead in Mess #3, a knife in his back.
Now it’s up to Neumann to find out what would drive the men of the camp, brothers-in-arms, to turn on each other. He’s learned, of course, that beneath the veneer of duty and honour, the camp is anything but civil.
When the trail of clues ends at the edge of the prison yard, Neumann must consider the crime bigger than the camp. Is someone getting out of the prison? If so, can he follow? If he can’t, he might have to live with the dishonour of Camp 133.
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POW camps in Canada
Canada operated prison camps for interned civilians during the First and Second World Wars, and for 34,000 combatant German prisoners of war (POWs) during the Second World War. The POW camps at Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, Alberta, were the largest in North America.
The largest camp in the West was located in Alberta — in summertime, at the base of Castle Mountain, and in wintertime at Banff, AB. Internees at these Rocky Mountain camps worked for 25 cents a day, improving national park facilities or clearing brush to prevent fires from steam locomotive sparks along the railway.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Dishonour in Camp 133
Destination/Location: Lethbridge, Alberta Author: Wayne Arthurson Departure: 1940s
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