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Brief notes kept by Mower. Included is Dixie Deans 'Ausweis' pass.

Guard standing with rifle on shoulder. Speech bubble 'Aufstehen' (Stand up).

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).

A prisoner falling forward with cigarette falling out and having been hit by a thrown pipe. In the background fence and part of guard tower. In a speech bubble 'Wilst Du eine Pfeife?’ (Do you want a pipe?). Captioned ' 'Circuit hazards Barth 43'.

Todd’s standard ‘POW character’ siting on stool holding cards with question marks above his head. Captioned 'Karte spielen'.

A man wearing shirt and shorts about to head a ball. Captioned 'Ein Mann Krank, any moment ne-o-ow'.

A rotund man wearing swimming trunks reclining on ground with book, cigarettes and beer while a guard looks on through barbed wire. Captioned read ‘Für Sie ist der Krieg fertig’ (For you the war is over).

A German soldier in uniform giving thumbs up. Captioned 'Ach! ich bin Glucklich, nicht mehr gibt es arbeit in dem gefangenenlager, ich gehe zu den erstemlinien -mm mm!'. (trans: Ah! I am happy, there is no more work in the prisoner camp, I am going…

Three drawings two with Todd’s standard ‘POW character’.
First shows working with garden fork with caption 'Schlafen ist besser'. (Sleep is better).
The second included German guard and caption 'wo ist schnee-weiss und die andere sechs?' (Where is…

Illustrated text 'Zum Geburtstage Herzliche Gluckwunsche' (happy birthday). Addressed to Mrs J E Hawkins.

Alfred Lengart was a gunner in the German Army on duty at the Möhne Dam on the night of Operation Chastise. Many years later he was invited to the Yorkshire Air Museum for the opening of the Barnes Wallis Museum. During the opening he delivered a…

Leaflet printed in German

Photographs of Hitler admiring Volkswagen car and wrecked military version (in Libya in 1942) with dead soldier. German language message on reverse with quotes from Mein Kampf and Goebbels.

Several articles in German. Mainly to do with Stalingrad. Includes b/w photographs of deceased German military personnel.

Month by month account of battle of Stalingrad. Concludes that Stalingrad – the greatest lost battle in German history since the annihilation of the Teutonic Knights' army at Tannenberg in 1411 – marks the turning point of this war.

'That was the plan' - with map showing German advances. On reverse 'The last attempt'.

This is the end and Germany's future

Dorothy May's German passport including a head and shoulder portrait, personal details and scope of the pass. Includes travel stamps from the French and British Consulates.

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Paul May's duplicate conscript identification document, with a head and shoulder portrait, personal details and military postings. Includes details of Paul having sustained a wound, requiring hospital treatment.

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A history of Frieburg and the surrounding area including 'before and after' photographs showing damage caused by wartime bombing; some with annotations.

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Paul May's ancestral passport including details of three generations of his family.

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Dorothy and Pau's visitor's book including messages, poems and drawings during the period 5 April 1938 to 13 May 1945.

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An advertising sign "Auto reparaturen garagen" is painted on a street wall. Further along the tree lined street is an industrial building with a tall brick chimney alongside. Reverse annotated, 'M 705 Falkensteinstraße 202/207 Nr 184 (?9)'.

View of the reverse of a multi storey block of residential flats with steep roofs and dormer windows. Washing hangs across the balconies of the flats. The block is behind a hedge next to a cobbled road with pavement to either side, across which a dog…

View along a cobbled road with pavements on either side. There are multi storey residential buildings at the far end and industrial buildings with a tall brick chimney at the near end. Reverse annotated, 'F'straße Nr 158'.