In Victory, Magnanimity, in Peace, Goodwill A History of Wilton Park Whitehall Histories Series

Wilton Park was once a secret camp for interrogating enemy generals during World War II. But it took on its true, unique role in 1946 as a training centre for German prisoners-of-war. This volume tells of its history and the extraordinary life of Heinz Koeppler, its founding father.

Behind barbed wire; a European education; POW Camp 300; captive audience; Nissen-Hut University; from the waste land; sheets and dances and tough talk; the captains and the kings depart; teach the free man; goodbye to all that?; aspiring dreams; stately home; threat; new look; new world; democracy in aristocratic dress; headhunting; warden emeritus; new regime; where there's a will; most unkindest cuts; ructions and resignations; new broom; 40 years on; luxury; new status; continuity.

Richard Mayne