Escape, Evasion and Revenge

The True Story of a German Jewish, RAF Pilot Who Bombed Berlin and Became a POW
By Marc H. Stevens

Details the incredible story of a young German Jew, who grew up to fight the Nazis and became one of the most ardent POW escapers of the Second World War.

Georg Hein was sent to safety in England by his widowed mother in 1934, when he was 14 years old. He learned English and completed his high school education in London, only to graduate into trouble with the law for petty theft. Branded an undesirable alien, Hein was sentenced to three months in prison, but was released after serving only half that time. Once released, on Sept 3, 1939 (two days after the declaration of war), Hein committed identity theft and enlisted in the Royal Air Force as an Englishman ― joining a combat squadron in April 1941, he went on to fly 22 bombing missions, all the while being the object of a British Police manhunt as an enemy alien. Unfortunately, he was taken as a POW by the Nazis ― Hein became one of the most ardent (and infamous) escapers of the war.

Stevens’ book details a hitherto unknown story of the only German Jew to fight the Nazis as a bomber pilot, and who was a POW under their noses for three years and eight months, the whole time without protection from the Geneva Convention.

‘Escape, Evasion and Revenge’ is the story of a heavily conflicted young man, alone in a world that is in the midst of self-destruction. He is afforded an opportunity to help his persecuted people obtain some small measure of revenge, even if the cost is more than most would be willing to bear. Here is the tale of a selfish boy, who reaches an epiphany in his life and chooses the moral high ground. It is at once a sad yet uplifting tale of thankless and unheralded heroism. It is the truth.

Author Marc H. Stevens is a senior executive at a Canadian food processing company. He began research for the book in the late 1980’s, and was successful in obtaining access to a British government file that was sealed until the year 2051. He is the son of Georg Hein, and only discovered in 1996 that his father was Jewish.

$41.95 Hardcover 224pp 6 x 9″ illustrated
ISBN: 9781848841062