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William Slater - prisoner of war document
German document with photograph and personal details of William Slater at Stalag Luft 3.
William Taylor's prisoner of war record
Identity card with personal details, description and fingerprint.
William Taylor's prisoner of war record
Identity card with descriptive details and one head and shoulders photograph of William Taylor. The face of the card is annotated in handwriting with Taylor's name and also the word 'Luckenwalde'.
John Ackroyd Prisoner of War Identity card
John's ID card
Group of soldiers
Large group of soldiers arranged in four rows.
Christmas tree, food and two soldiers
The two soldiers are standing by the food and tree. On the wall is an aircraft identification poster of a JU88 and a map of UK.
Rudolf William Schlitter
Rudolf is sitting in a chair with a rolled up magazine in his hand. He is named on the reverse.
Anna
A head and shoulders portrait of Anna. On the reverse [undecipherable] 14 March 56'.
Announcement by Eisenhower on 7th November 1944
An announcement on 7th November 1944 by Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in which he warns that severe punishment will be given to any Germans mistreating those in forced labour battalions or concentration…
Translation of document written by Thorsen with some thoughts about Sydney Fox's crashed aircraft.
Includes some detail about Sydney Fox and W/O Reginald Burcher RAAF (Wireless Operator). Complains that RAF did not take much trouble with salvage of aircraft or identification of crew. This explains why there were so many commonwealth missing. He…
Road sign en route to Stalag 12
A road sign en route from Limburg to Stalag 12
Wer hat den Blitzkrieg gewollt? Wer will den Weltkrieg verlieren?
The leaflet suggests that England, Poland and France are not the aggressors; they were all ill-equipped for the conflict, compared to Germany, who had been investing significantly in getting on a war footing for some time.
Germany is facing…
Germany is facing…
German receipt and watch confiscation notice
On the left a notice that a watch found amongst belongings was property of British Air Ministry and had been confiscated. On the right a German receipt made out to George Thomson. Mentions Stalag Luft 7.
George Thomson prisoner of war document
Includes personal details and b/w full face photograph. Made out at Stalag Luft 7.
George Thomson prisoner of war document
POW card from Dulag Luft with personal information, photographs, next of kin and fingerprint.
George Thomson at Dulag Luft
Personal details with German headings. At bottom two head and shoulders images (front and side) of George Thomson. Captioned 'George Thomson at Dulag Luft after capture'. Thumbprint bottom right.
Prisoner or war graves
Cemetery with grave crosses. One in front has inscription 'S Englische Flieger'.
Tropical Equipment Supplement to the Ju 87 R-2 Bed Regulation
Ju 87 Pilots and operators guide
Envelope/label
Front has George Thomson's name and stamped officially interrogated. Reverse is German language form to be filled out with destination.
Prisoner of war package - suggestions for use
Gives advice on use of all food and drink contained in Red Cross parcels. Repeated in Dutch, German, Croatian, French, Italian, and Polish
Red Cross postcard
Blank card addressed to the International committee of the Red Cross Geneve. Intended for PoW to fill out.
Trotz misslungenem Attentat auf Hitler, proklamieren Generale Friedensregierung
In light of the open hostility between the army and party, following the generals failed assassination attempt on Hitler and their declared peace government, the leaflet makes an appeal to the German workers. It urges them, for the first time since…
Eine Kleine Clique
German document about the plot against Hitler was organised by a small clique of former generals and lists them. In addition other German language news.
George Thomson's prisoner of war record
Includes personal details, next of kin, dates and camps. Includes full face photograph.
Part of prisoner of war letter from George Thomson to his parents
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Unfinished letter. Just a few lines saying he was still OK, but not much to do. Says was getting lazy but should snap out of it when he got home.