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• Collection: THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION

  (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz (Photographer) 2011-12-12

  Collection of digital photography depicting graffiti and various inscriptions with personal information left on the walls of Fort XI, a part of Stalag XXA (20A) in Toruń (Thorn), by British, French and Polish POWs during the Second World War. There are...

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  From top to bottom. Inscription in French (subject to translation). Part of a defiant inscription, unfortunately mostly unreadable: '...Forget; ... ...Busted; ... Comrades are not; ... Carry the old colour; ... So chin up for a little ...' Personal...

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  From top to bottom. Caption reading: 'Let Me Out You Bastards'. Personal inscription/warning made by Horace Davies of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI). Caption reads: 'Warning; Never let your braces dangle; 3 days bunker; KOYLI; Horace...

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  From top to bottom. Regimental badge with caption reading 'Green Brd (?). Caption reading 'Clydebank and Ruby'. Caption reading: 'Let Me Out You Bastards'. Personal inscription/warning made by Horace Davies of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry...

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  from top to bottom. Caption reading 'Clydebank and Ruby'. Caption reading: 'Let Me Out You Bastards'. Inscription reading: 'Hitler you bastard of all...' Inscription in French (subject to translation). Defiant inscription reading: 'German pigs won't...

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  Inscription in French reading: 'Souvenir Dun Prisonnier'. Personal inscription made by Driver A. F. Roach of the 7th Reserve Motor Transport Company, the Royal Army Service Corps, Army service number 121556; POW number 7802. Caprion reads: ,A. Roach; No...

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  Inscription made by a Frech prisoner stating his service number 23019 (?), the rest of caption unreadable (subject to translation). Also other inscriptionns in French. Fort XI of Stalag XXA (20A) in Toruń (Thorn).

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  From top to bottom. Part of a personal inscription made by Private Eric W. Turner of the 1th Battalion, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army service number 5384088, POW number 7595. Caption reads: 'What a life; Pte E. W. Turner; 1st...

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  From top to bottom. Partly erased inscription in French reading: ... toliets le beau voyage; Baccarat; wagons, sleepings, billets aller simples'. Part of a personal inscription made by Private Eric W. Turner of the 1th Battalion, the Oxfordshire and...

• BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN STALAG XXA (20A) IN TORUŃ (THORN), 1940-1945

  part of "THE STALAG XXA COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gąsior, Mariusz 2011-12-12

  From top to bottom. Partly erased iInscription in French reading: ...rsaire; ...nnier (Prisonnier?); ...orn (Thorn?); 11.9.40'. Various drawings of table with days crossed off. Inscription/warning reading: 'Hands in pockets costs 3 days'. Fort XI of...