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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...

• Military Police searching German Prisoners-of-War at Thiberville

  (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay

  image: Lines of prisoners sit or lie on the ground in front of a camp waiting to be searched by a British military policeman.

• 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.

• Lieutenant Woods RNR : Who supervised the distribution of Red Cross parcels and food in Marlag 'O'

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1944-02-01

  image: a portrait of Lieutenant Woods sitting at a table with a pen his hand. Behind him are shelves full of small boxes and parcels marked with the Red Cross logo. There are similar boxes on the floor, around the table.

• 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.

• A Stove with Pots made from Red Cross Parcel Tins, Dulag Nord

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1944

  image: a stove with home-made pans and cups, fashioned from wire and tin cans.

• 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.

• An Impression of the Commemorative Vault built at Sagan showing Officers Working in the Grounds of Stalag Luft III Cemetery

  (art) Made by: Kenyon, B Ley 1944-07-01

  image: A alter-like memorial marked with crosses and the RAF's eagle motif. In front of the memorial there are two men who have stopped digging and are looking at the monument.

• 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...