THE BROKEN SWASTIKA. by Trebich, Willy, with Edmund Swinglehurst - 1973

London: Leo Cooper, 1973. 184 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs. "Few men can lay claim to a more extraordinary military career than Willy Trebich. At the outbreak of the Second World War he belonged to both the HAC (Honourable Artillery Company) and to the Hilter Youth. Nurtured in the international society of the Cote d'Azur, in 1939 he was working as a stockbroker in the City. To please his boss he had joined the HAC but his heart was with the Hitler Jugend with whom he spent every moment of his holidays. The reader will discover by what twists of fate it fell out that Willy eventually served in the RHA (Royal Horse Artillery) and not in the German Army. The decision was made but the crisis was far from over. He was captured in North Africa by his former Nazi friends. He escaped and was recaptured no less than six times - eventually being sent to the concentration camp at Regensburg - but each time he knew that he was escaping as much from his fellow prisoners as from the enemy. Not only is this a fantastic adventure story, it is also a deeply moving account of a man haunted by his past, desperately trying to lay the ghost of his own conscience." Two pages with small dog-ear crease, tiny faint foxing marks on edges of textblock, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small light liquid mark on rear pastedown, minor edge wear/soiling. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing, small scuff on front flap-fold, a few minor foxing marks at edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.