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  • The Wire 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...

  • Winter 1942 : a Prisoner-of-War Camp, Germany Winter 1942 : a Prisoner-of-War Camp, Germany

    (art) Made by: Bertram, D S 1942

    image: A view of a small German village with wooden houses in the snow. A river runs though the centre of the town. In the foreground there is a large building with a deserted yard in front of it. It is surrounded by fencing and barbed wire.

  • Italian Prisoners-of-war Working on the Land Italian Prisoners-of-war Working on the Land

    (art) Made by: Ford, Michael 1942

    image: View across an onion field in autumn with sixteen Italian prisoners-of-war gathering in the crop, supervised by a single British soldier at the near edge of the field. The PoWs are wearing clothing marked with a distinctive red spot on the jackets...

  • Robert Lush, A Prisoner-of-War Robert Lush, A Prisoner-of-War

    (art) Made by: Feilding, David (The Hon) 1945

    image: Head and shoulders portrait of Lush against a background of POW's standing in line and bombed buildings

  • Prisoners Loading Wood for Winter Fuel Prisoners Loading Wood for Winter Fuel

    (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1945

    image: a group of four prisoners-of-war loading logs onto a horse-drawn cart with two German guards with rifles chatting to each other on the right. A pile of logs sits in the foreground to the right. In the background to the left is a small wood where...

  • The Funeral of a British Merchant Seaman passes Marlag 'O' The Funeral of a British Merchant Seaman passes Marlag 'O'

    (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1945

    image: Two German guards stand in a field watching a procession move along a track in the centre ground. It is led by a team of horses pulling a cart that carries a coffin. A group of Prisoners of War follow immediately behind, and a number of German...

  • Naval and Marine Prisoners of War on the March ahead of the Allied Advance in Germany between Bremen and Lubeck, 1945 Naval and Marine Prisoners of War on the March ahead of the Allied Advance in Germany between Bremen and Lubeck, 1945

    (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1945

    image: a muddy track in the countryside crowded with Allied soldiers and German guards. In the foreground a guard with a dog on a lead walks along the verge of the track. To his right are men in different naval and khaki uniforms. They all carry...