Under The Twisted Cross

About the Book

Lying in his prone shelter on an Italian battlefield, Nick Bremer wakes to the sound of German voices. Without ammunition, his squad has no choice but to surrender. Thus begins months of peril as the men go from prisoners-in-transit to permanent internment in Stalag IIB, reported by 1943 Military Intelligence as the worst POW camp in Germany. Heartened by memories of home, buoyed by a brotherhood of prisoners, Nick combats suspicion and hopelessness, endures near-starvation, physical torture, psychological terror, and mind-numbing monotony. But, can his tenacity and wit help him survive the brutal European “death march” to the Western Front?

About the Author

Actor, writer, and lecturer, Margaret M. Barnhart lives in Dickinson, North Dakota, where she teaches writing and literature at Dickinson State University. Her work has been featured in several regional small presses, and an essay excerpt has appeared in one nationally-released anthology: Leaning Into the Wind (1997 Houghton Mifflin). Margaret’s essays, poetry, and short stories reflect the voice and experience of small-town and rural life in the upper Great Plains.