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(souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Cito, Solingen
clippers, hair, GermanHair clippers associated with an unknown Second World War prisoner of war (POW) camp barber at Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, Germany.
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part of "BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY 1939 - 1945" (photographs) Made by: Lawrence, W (W/O)
SPORT IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARBritish prisoners of war playing cricket at Stalag VIIIB prisoner of war camp, Lamsdorf in Germany.
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batons, conductor's, boxedRobert Lawrence (Bob) was an Equipment Assistant Corporal in the RAF and was aged 23 when he was taken prisoner at Maleme in Crete in 1941. He was held at Stalag VIIIB POW camp in Lamsdorf, Poland. Bob had a strong interest in music and he formed an RAF...
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part of "LAWRENCE W A (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Hill, J
SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945View looking out over the Stalag VIIIB camp from the roof of one of the huts. The picture shows the Exchange compound block where disabled prisoners were kept pending their exchange with similar German prisoners of war in September 1944. The huts in...
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part of "LAWRENCE W A (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Lawrence, W (W/O)
SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945A watchtower with searchlight (one of six encircling the camp) photographed in summer. In the foreground, prisoners are sunbathing between lines of clothes and bedding hung out to air. The photograph also shows the dense forest which surrounded the...
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part of "LAWRENCE W A (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Lawrence, W (W/O)
SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945A prisoner's laundry hangs up to dry in the window of the Camp Washhouse .
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part of "LAWRENCE W A (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Lawrence, W (W/O)
SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945Overcrowded conditions in one of the camp huts. RAF prisoners sleep and rest in their bunks. The prisoner in the foreground is Sgt Albert Willis.
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part of "LAWRENCE W A (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Lawrence, W (W/O)
SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945Interior view of a camp hut showing prisoners' accommodation and possessions on Christmas Day 1944. Homemade Christmas decorations hang from the ceiling and the overcrowded, cluttered conditions endured by the prisoners are evident.
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part of "LAWRENCE W A (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Lawrence, W (W/O)
SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945Prisoners' laundry hangs drying on a fence in one of the camp's interior compounds.
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part of "LAWRENCE W A (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Lawrence, W (W/O)
SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945Prisoners of war prepare a meal in their hut using utensils which they had made themselves. On the right, a prisoner, 'Tex' a sergeant with the Royal Canadian Air Force, peels potatoes.