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Flew the Coop review " prisoner of war lovers escape to a Butlin's disco by Lyn Gardner

New Diorama, London This story of a British POW's love affair is strong on identity issues but the cartoon Nazis and jolly japes flatten any nuanceHorace Greasley was a British prisoner of war during the second world war who was sent to a mining work camp in Silesia. There he met Rosa Rauchbach, the part-Jewish daughter of the mine owner, who worked as a translator. The two fell in love and when Greasley was moved to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AM on February 17, 2017

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