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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.

• 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.

• One of the Many 'Tables' where Lagermarks Change Hands and where Seamen of all Nationalities Congregate in the Afternoons, Milag Nord, April 1944

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

  image: a crowd of sailors wearing various uniforms gather around a roulette table, with the wheel in the foreground.

• Tending Rabbits, Milag Nord

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

  image: a prisoner of war stands with his hands in his pockets, looking at the artist. He is standing with a small rabbit enclosure containing a hutch and two rabbits, surrounded by a low fence. Two more POWs are crouching down, cleaning out the hutch.

• Major R Harvey, RAMC : 26th General Hospital, captured in Greece

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

  image: a head and shoulder portrait of Major R Harvey in uniform, turning towards the right.

• A Negro Seaman : A prisoner-of-war at Milag Nord Hospital

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

  image: a portrait of a black POW sitting up in bed, wearing an open shirt and playing the guitar.

• German Prisoners : being assembled and searched at Thiberville

  (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay

  image: German Prisoners of War sit in groups on the ground, some are wearing armbands marked with a red cross. In the background one is standing with his hands in the air, being searched by a British soldier. To the right another British soldier is...

• 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...

• Exterior of a German Prison Camp, 1941

  (art) Made by: Mitelle, Louis 1941

  image: A line of POWs in prison uniforms push wheelbarrows of rubble in between rows of huts. In the foreground there is a German soldier brandishing a wooden club, and two rows of barbed wire fencing.