How Long to Read My Escape from Donington Hall

How Long Does it Take to Read My Escape from Donington Hall?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 31 minutes to read My Escape from Donington Hall by Gunther Plüschow

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

It was an escape from a PoW camp as daring and fraught with danger as any immortalised by Hollywood. Yet the story is less familiar than most as it concerns the only German prisoner of war to escape from captivity in mainland Britain and make it home during either World War.After being caught in Gibraltar during an earlier attempt to return to his homeland, Pluschow and other captured Germans were shipped to Plymouth and then on to the PoW camp at Donington Hall, where he arrived in May 1915.On July 4 he and fellow prisoner Oskar Trefftz broke out by climbing over two 9ft barbed wire fences, before changing clothes and walking 15 miles to Derby where they caught a train to London.By the next morning the men's escape was featured in the Daily Sketch newspaper with both names and descriptions of the pair. They went their separate ways but Trefftz was recaptured at Millwall Docks. Realising he had to alter his appearance, Pluschow removed his smart tie and handed his coat in at the cloakroom at Blackfriars station. The German then used scraped-up coal dust, boot polish and Vaseline to change his fair hair to greasy black and covered himself in soot to make him appear as a dock worker. Pluschow then stowed away on a Dutch steamer ship at Tilbury docks, talked his way past a policeman in Holland before travelling to Germany by train. Upon his return home he received a hero's welcome and was presented with the Iron Cross First Class.This extraordinary story is told in Gunther's own words for the first time in English.

How long is My Escape from Donington Hall?

My Escape from Donington Hall by Gunther Plüschow is 151 pages long, and a total of 37,901 words.

This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read My Escape from Donington Hall Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 27 minutes to read My Escape from Donington Hall aloud.

What Reading Level is My Escape from Donington Hall?

My Escape from Donington Hall is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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