Behind Barbed Wire: A German POW in Canada Stories behind the history

Wilhelm Rahn was a 19-year-old German naval ensign when his U-boat was torpedoed by a British submarine off the coast of Corsica in 1943. Plucked from the water by the submarine's helmsman, he ended up in a POW camp in the backwoods of Canada. Join Rahn's grandson Sebastian Koester and historical researcher Bernard Wood for a discussion of life in a Second World War Canadian prisoner of war camp.

Sound credits: Claude Debussy, "Dialogue du vent et de la mer," performed by US Air Force band, licensed under creative commons: https://musopen.org/music/14381-la-mer/ 

Scream "Hilfe!" made by Phantastonia, licensed under creative commons attribution license: https://freesound.org/people/phantastonia/sounds/615018/

Scream, licensed under creative commons: https://freesound.org/people/RutgerMuller/sounds/104030/

Waves, North Sea, licensed under creative commons: https://freesound.org/people/inchadney/sounds/129454/

Theme music, "Red River Jig," from the album Métis Fiddling for Dancing, performed by Alex Kusturok, licensed from the artist.