By the time he was six years old, Stephen Matthews had been bombarded by the Luftwaffe and deported from occupied Guernsey, along with his family, to a prison camp in the heart of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. 

He had seen men die in front of him and walked with Jews straight off the cattle-trucks from Bergen-Belsen. 

He had nearly drowned, menaced by Alsatian guard dogs, been beaten by a member of the SS, stranded in a minefield and had his hand broken by a German guard for attempting to feed Russian prisoners.

The Day the Nazis Came Here is an utterly unique memoir, depicting the world of Nazi prison camps through the eyes of a child - a world in which the real dangers often seemed trivial and every day was a new adventure. 

Above all, it pays tribute to the preciousness of hope, and shows that human kindness may flower in the unlikeliest of places.

Product Information:

• ISBN: 9781789462074
• Author: Stephen Matthews
• Publisher: Bonnier Publishing
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.8 x 2.3cm