The railway man: a POW's searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness

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A POW's account of war, brutality and forgiveness. Lomax was sent to Malaya in 1941, taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore, and put to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway, which cost the lives of 250,000 men.
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2014
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Burma-Siam Railroad -- History
Lomax, Eric
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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The railway man : a POW's searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness
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The railway man
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a POW's searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness
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Atrocities
Conscript labor
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Lomax, Eric
Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945

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