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Louis Hagen (1916-2000), born into a Jewish banking family, was sent to a concentration camp for writing an anti-Nazi joke on a postcard. A high-ranking Nazi judge and friend of the family got him out and he escaped to England, where he became a glider pilot, fighting for the British at Arnhem. He was the author of several books, including Ein volk, ein Reich, and went on to be a successful journalist and film producer. Caroline Hagen-Hall, his daughter, has edited his unpublished autobiography.
'Distils experience with a precision which every writer must admire.' * New Statesman * 'He tells the story of his part in that heroic struggle against overwhelming odds straightforwardly and without a trace of egoism.' * The Scotsman * 'As a chronicle of action Arnhem Lift is the best of its kind. It has integrity as well as drama.' * The Listener * 'One of the most moving pages yet written about the conflict … tells its story with modern simplicity and unaffectedness.' * The Sunday Times *
