prisoner

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The violin in Baerwald’s hands was the one his German-Jewish grandfather played as a Japanese prisoner of war in the Bandō camp at Tokushima during World War I. “It’s a very serviceable violin,” Baerwald notes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

So, why would an innocent prisoner seek compassionate release?

From Slate • May 29, 2026

The bigtime journalist Tyler, it seems, is in Khartoum, awaiting an interview with a Sudanese prisoner of war, part of his research for a new book.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"After 88 days, it felt exactly like a prisoner being released after three months of imprisonment and seeing the sky for the first time."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

He was at the moment, she told them, a virtual prisoner on an island ruled over by the nymph Calypso, who loved him and planned never to let him go.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton