{"product_id":"polish-voice","title":"Polish Voice","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young teenager enlisted into the Polish Army in 1938. Deported to the Soviet Union and imprisoned in a Siberian prison camp, this audacious soldier became reunited with his compatriots in Scotland where he trained as a paratrooper and took part in the fated WW2 Operation Market Garden, Arnhem in 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFifty years later, then a patient in hospital, the soldier recounted his life’s experience to my father in the next bed, who had the forethought to record their conversation onto a Dictaphone machine. My father’s empathetic nature and harrowing childhood experiences of seeing HMS Foylebank destroyed by German bomber planes on his way to school in 1940 led to a unique and unlikely friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe discovery of these recordings in 2020 inspired \u003cem\u003eThe Polish Voice, \u003c\/em\u003ea fully researched historical record of both men’s lives, a tribute to them, reminding us of the importance to listen to one another and the legacy of a recorded voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Self-Publishing Partnership Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251936514392,"sku":"9781839526152","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781839526152_49059eb4-a04a-45ef-8fe9-c075bc5bb4f8.jpg?v=1769501738","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/polish-voice","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}