The story of the war hero Josef Bryks and his escapes from German captivity during the Second World War.
The story of a Czech hero who escaped from his occupied homeland to France, from where he went to Great Britain and joined the Royal Air Force. The book tells of his many daring and risky escapes from German captivity. The incredible story of Josef Bryks is thus pieced together from the recollections of witnesses and his wife.
One time he ran in a urine barrel, another time he helped dig a tunnel for the Great Escape from Sagan, or helped Jews during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. His life of escapes ended in communist captivity in Jáchymov at the age of forty-one. His struggle for recognition was waged by his British wife until her death. Josef Bryks was awarded the Order of the British Empire. The gripping story of the Czech hero inspired British filmmakers to make the film Heart in Captivity.