Horace Greasley | |
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| Born | 25 December 1918 Ibstock, Leicestershire |
| Died | 4 February 2010 (aged 91) |
| Known for | Claims to have escaped and returned to his POW camp over 200 times to meet with his love interest |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen (????-????) divorced Brenda Greasley (1975–2010) His death |
| Children | 2 |
Joseph Horace Greasley (25 December 1918 – 4 February 2010) was a British soldier in the Second World War who was captured in May 1940 by the German Wehrmacht and later became famous for claiming that he escaped from his camp over 200 times in the conduct of a clandestine love affair, returning into captivity each time.[1] He was the subject of a best-selling autobiography.[2] He was also the subject of controversy for having claimed that he was the prisoner of war shown in a photograph staring at Heinrich Himmler, when the prisoner in question is identified elsewhere as a Soviet soldier.[3][4]
- ^ "Horace Greasley – Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ Scott, Ken (28 November 2013). "The Ghost-writers Lament". HuffPost. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Walters, Guy (20 January 2013). "Blood, tears, sweat and tall tales". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014. (subscription required)
- ^ "1939–1941 – Timeline of Events". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 21 December 2014.