The Human Game
by Simon Read
Hunting the Great Escape Murderers
Format: Hardback
Date of publication: March 2013
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 9781780330204
In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to justice.
In a quest that ranges from the devastated, bombed out cities of Europe to the horrors of the concentrations camps, McKenna is relentless in his pursuit. This is a gripping read set in the aftermath of World War II.