Doctor after Arnhem: Witness to the Fall of the Third Reich

This is the story of a British Medical Officer who witnessed the last days of the German Third Reich, as a prisoner of war, from outside the barbed wire. Dr. Mawson had the unique experience of moving freely, often unguarded, around some towns and villages of Saxony tending allied Prisoners of War. What he saw has never been told before from this extraordinary perspective—from surviving the mass bombing of Leipzig to refusing to accept the surrender of a small town near Colditz. This story, told for the first time, is the sequel to Arnhem Doctor, his account of a Medical Officer's experiences and emotions from the heart of that epic battle.

Stuart Mawson qualified as a doctor in 1943 and in that same year became Medical Officer to the 11th Parachute Battalion, 1st Airborne Division, seeing action for the first time at Arnhem in September 1944.