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Letter to Richard from a researcher
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A researcher has researched the events leading to the death of Reg Johnstone.
John Heape's account of the Long March
An account of the march from Stalag 357 (Fallingbostel). On 8 April 1945 the camp commander (Oberst Hermann Ostman) ordered 12,000 British troops to be evacuated, marching from the camp in columns of 2,000. After ten days they arrived at Gresse here…
Interview with Geoffrey Kenneth Wilson
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Geoffrey's story at the end of the Long March.
The Track from Gresse
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A description of the Long March. It covers the attack on the column of men by RAF Typhoons who mistook the prisoners of war for German soldiers.
Two seat aircraft under fire
View of cockpit of two-seat, single-engine fighter with bemused gunner being attacked by twin engine German aircraft, whose bullets bounce off pilot's head.
Caricatures of German leaders and other
Titled 'AH WELL! DEPARTMENT'.
Top left, caricature top left of Hermann Göring;
Top right A POW 'lineshooter' captioned 'Of course I’m getting … all out of this myself';
Bottom right Adolf Hitler captioned 'This is my last territorial claim in…
Top left, caricature top left of Hermann Göring;
Top right A POW 'lineshooter' captioned 'Of course I’m getting … all out of this myself';
Bottom right Adolf Hitler captioned 'This is my last territorial claim in…
Two colour drawings - Two airmen, and a German guard and tunneller
On the left a drawing of two airmen,. One standing with mug shouting at another sitting at a table on which is a mug.
Top right - a German guard wearing greatcoat and helmet with slung rifle, walking in rain away from fence while underneath him is…
Top right - a German guard wearing greatcoat and helmet with slung rifle, walking in rain away from fence while underneath him is…
Two drawings
Left side - a Dornier aircraft in a dive with airbrakes out and crew with cockpit ejected from the front.
Right a prisoner carrying many pots and pans walking towards a building with smoke issuing and worried man sticking his head out the door.
Right a prisoner carrying many pots and pans walking towards a building with smoke issuing and worried man sticking his head out the door.
Escaping prisoner
A prisoner emerging from tunnel under camp wire fence, illuminated by German guard with torch. Captioned 'Nocturne'.
German guard in rain
A German guard wearing greatcoat and helmet with slung rifle marching in rain with fence behind him.
James Alexander Graham Deanes [sic]
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Dixie's story as a prisoner on the Long March.
German guard
Guard standing with rifle on shoulder. Speech bubble 'Aufstehen' (Stand up).
German guard in tower
Guard in tower with machine gun.
Disconsolate guard
German guard with greatcoat helmet and rifle, Danger of life sign on the left. Speech bubble 'Gibt's kein gar nicht' (There’s no such thing as “nothing at all).
Tunnel discovered
On the right a tunnel below fence with a prisoner laying at the exit. To the left a German guard with rifle raised to club escaping prisoner. Captioned 'Only another yard fellows and we're safe'.
Collage of Blenheim and Ju-87
Cut out b/w photographs of a Blenheim and below a Ju-87 with flames from rear.
German bomber with crew blown out front
Airborne twin-engine German bomber with controls, dashboard, front gun and pilot ejected out of the front and airbrake open at the back.
German guard and Mickey Mouse
Two drawings. On the left the head of Mickey Mouse. On the right a German guard wearing overcoat and helmet with slung rifle. Barbed wire fence in the background. Captioned 'Darwin was right (Darwin hatte recht)'.
German soldier in rain
German soldier wearing overcoat and helmet walking in rain. Signed 'Todd 43'.
Account of the crash of Stirling W7580
The eyewitness account describes the shooting down of the bomber aircraft by a night fighter of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 at Venlo.
The witness describes the stricken bomber as a "huge firebal [sic]". It goes on to describe the precise location of the…
The witness describes the stricken bomber as a "huge firebal [sic]". It goes on to describe the precise location of the…
Prisoner and guard
Drawing - full face portrait of prisoner and guard.
Sunbathing prisoner and guard
A rotund man wearing swimming trunks reclining on ground with book, cigarettes and beer while a guard looks on through barbed wire. Captioned ‘Für Sie ist der Krieg fertig’ (For you the war is over).
Guard with bayonet and prisoner
A Luftwaffe guard holding rifle with bayonet pointing at prisoner with arched back and shouting 'Raus!' (Out!) Captioned 'and somehow I knew'.
Drawing of prisoner and guard
Todd’s standard ‘POW character’ looking out of window when guard is standing in rain looking miserable. Captioned 'Schlafen sie wohl chum'. (Sleep well chum.)
Note the ‘God bless our home’ sign on wall.
Note the ‘God bless our home’ sign on wall.