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• The Wire

  (art) Made by: Russell, J A 1945

  image: the tall wire fence of a prisoner-of-war camp. Directly behind the wire fence to the left is a wooden watchtower built on stilts, occupied by a German guard whose head and shoulders are faintly silhouetted against the sky. Another watchtower and...

• Escaped Prisoners' Camp, Algiers 1943

  (art) Made by: Hailstone, Bernard 1943

  image: A prison camp comprised of several reddish coloured nissen huts made from corrugated iron, which have been constructed amongst a copse of trees. In the left foreground a number of men gather outside the doorway of one of the nissen huts. In the...

• Queueing for the Dentist : Milag Nord Hospital

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1944-04-01

  image: a line of men stand in a queue outside a low wooden hut with a fence.

• Takki's Table in the POW 'Gambling Den', Milag Nord : Takki was reputed to be the richest man in camp

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1944-04-01

  image: a group of men gather around a table on which one man is counting out money and piles of tokens. On the far left another man is spinning a vertical roulette wheel.

• Saturday Night Racing ; Milag Jockey Club

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John

  image: a view down a long room, in which a table divided by 'jumps' is being used a miniature race track. There are wooded cut-out horses at various points along the track with one at the finish line, in the foreground. The race is being watched by...

• An Illicit Alcohol Still, Milag Nord

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1944-04-01

  image: two men stand and watch liquid pouring into a bottle from a small brewing kit made from two metal tins and piping, standing on a pile of boxes and a stool.

• French and Arab Prisoners at Mecheria Internment Camp, Algeria

  (art) Made by: Cook, John Kingsley 1942

  image: French and Arab prisoners walk across a dry landscape with the low red huts of the internment camp in the background.

• The 'Black Hole', Lille, (Fort Macdonald)

  (art) Made by: Martin, Edwin 1918

  image: A view of part of the outside of Fort Macdonald, which has the appearance of a grass covered man-made hill. There are two huts towards the top of the hill and a dry moat at the bottom of the hill, which reveals outer walls of the fort that could...

• An Escape Tunnel built by Prisoners-of-War

  (art) Made by: Feilding, David (The Hon) 1946

  image: A prisoner-of-war, who appears to be naked, sitting within the interior of an underground escape tunnel at work with a small spade. There is a wooden box beside him attached to a thick string, designed to help remove the earth from the tunnel. His...

• View Overlooking London

  (art) Made by: Kenner, George 1915-10-13

  image: a view looking down over London from Alexandra Palace with POWs walking around on the hill, watched from several watchtowers. In the foreground one prisoner holds up a large model yacht.