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part of "REID P (MAJOR) COLLECTION" (photographs)
OFLAG IVC PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, COLDITZ CASTLE, SAXONY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAREscape attempts - the underside of the hole beneath the stage in the camp theatre through which four officers escaped, two of them successfully.
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part of "RAF PRISONERS OF WAR IN SAGAN POW CAMP, GERMANY 1939 - 1945" (photographs)
THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT SAGAN, SILESIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGeneral view of the huts and compound at Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp, scene of the 'Great Escape' in 1944.
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part of "COLDITZ CASTLE" (photographs) Made by: Unknown 1941
ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT OFLAG IVC, COLDITZLieutenant Leo de Hartog holding 'Moritz', one of the two dummy heads of POWs made to mislead German guards during daily roll calls. Oflag IVC, Colditz. 'Moritz' and 'Max' (second dummy) were made of plaster by a fellow Polish POW and painted by another...
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part of "BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR 1939 - 1945" (photographs) Made by: German official photographer
ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT OFLAG IVC, COLDITZGroup of Dutch Navy officers and 'Moritz', one of the two dummy heads of POWs made to mislead German guards during daily roll calls. Oflag IVC, Colditz. Standing from left to right: Lieutenant Gijs van Nimwegen, Lieutenant Diederick van Lynden,...
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part of "COLDITZ CASTLE" (photographs) 1941-05-12
ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT OFLAG IVC, COLDITZThe rope of bed linen hanging on the west front of the guardhouse after the Polish Army Officers, Lieutenant Mikołaj Surmanowicz and Second Lieutenant Mieczysław Chmiel, had been caught in mid-air, sliding past a window. Oflag IVC, Colditz Castle.
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part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12
BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945Personal inscription made by Corporal H. Robinson of the 8th battalion, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders; Army service number 2981572, POW number 41357. Caption is incomplete and reads: '2981572 Cpl Robinson ...th A&SH Captured 7/6... Escaped...
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part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12
BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945From top to bottom. Inscriptions/prayers made by Gunner R. Alpin of the Royal Artillery, Army service number 1504764, POW 7041. Captions read: 'Just off to Stalag on charge of attempting escape; R. Alpin'. 'Tho' from each other far we be; Let none O'...
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part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12
BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945From top to bottom. Part of a personal inscription made a serviceman Joe Kane (?). Caption reads: 'Joe Ka...; 4 days for laughing at German's downfall; He broke his wrist, better his neck'. It could be written by Private J. Kane of the Royal Scots,...
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part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12
BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945Third personal inscription made by Private C. W. Ball from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, 1st Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), the Black Watch, Army service number 4455422, POW number 2457. Caption reads: 'C. Ball, 4455422; 7" RDLI; Transferred to ...; Captured...
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part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12
BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945Drawing of a heart with initial R and an nscription in French reading: 'Pour Pa Vie'. Another inscription French. Inscription in Polish reading: 'W tej tiurmie siedzial ... jeden młody piękny (?), 24 7 89 11 12 13 - In this prison was locked ... one...