I read this article about a survivor of the mass breakout (known as The Great Escape) from a German POW camp during World War II. Paul Royle died recently at age 101. It was interesting that Royle thought that the 1963 movie 'The Great Escape' starring Steve McQueen glamorized the 'reality of darkness cold and terror'. He said there were no motorbikes or Americans there. Only 3 escaped, 50 were shot dead, 23 (including Royle) were sent back to POW camps but survived the war. He intensely disliked the movie for the reasons described.
I am going to try to use more photos and quotes from the public domain from now on. Of course, my own photos are fine too. Even though I come across funny and cute things I want to share from the internet we have to be mindful of copyright restrictions, the tendency is to forget.
Husband M and I met up with an old friend of mine and her husband yesterday evening, we had not seen them in awhile. The husband has to have knee replacement surgery but he has to wait until March next year. He said the government only allows doctors to perform one surgery per week instead of one per day. It must be cost cutting measures. My girlfriend was doing great, having started a regular exercise yoga program. She says it got rid of all her aches and pains.
11 comments:
I don't think I ever saw the film, but it was a great thing to escape from a POW camp. Hugs, Valerie
sounds like an amazing film of courage,
I'm glad your friends pain was resolved, I know people waiting for surgery as well, sad,
I don't think I've seen the film; I really don't remember. But I should consider watching it.
The horror of war. WWII was bad, but what is happening now is worse, in my opinion.
The Axis powers really knew how to make a terrible POW camp. None are really made to be glamorous, but they were so horrid that some of the soldiers probably had wished they had been KIA.
The Soviet POWs had it the worst by the Germans. Though Germans weren't treated so kind in the Soviet camps. The poor thing about the Soviet Pows is that most of them went to the forced labor camps after the war because Stalin did like the idea of surrendering to the Germans
interesting.
Sounds terrible to have to wait so long for needed surgery. Interesting about the movie and the person who lived through it...
Love yoga. Never saw the movie. Hubby has.
Good for you for respecting copyright. I've been putting a watermark on mine as they're being stolen my Imgur all the time.
Socialized medicine is all I can think when I hear that the doctors are only allowed to do one surgery a week...here in California the orthopedic surgeons are in high demand. One who does excellent work usually operates 3 days a week, doing 2 hip replacements at one time. I believe he does up to 6 per day.
socialist medicine for sure! There are private clinics where you can pay to have things done, I understand.
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