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A BOOK written by German First World War prisoners and which has been painstakingly transcribed into English is to be officially launched on April 29. An online event will take place at 7pm via Zoom where there will be 300 places for guests. German Prisoners of the Great War. Life in a Yorkshire Camp has been edited by Anne Buckley, a lecturer in German at the University of Leeds. It was published by Pen and Sword in February. “Around 30 people helped translate the book, Kriegsgefangen in Skipton, which was written in the camp, known as Raikeswood, and smuggled back to Germany where it was published in Munich in 1920, “ explained Anne.