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Photograph of healthy German prisoners of war consuming a meal is used to counter assertion that they have been murdered and mistreated by the Allies. The claim is made in a ‘secret’ document, dated 19 April 1943, from army headquarters to the 334th…

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A biography of Alan Green with personal photographs and headlines. It covers his training in Canada and UK, his first squadron, 218, at Marham flying Wellingtons as a navigator, then Stirlings. He flew 22 operations and was shot down by friendly…

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Propaganda leaflet concerning post-war German reconstruction. Stresses that the task would be carried out by Germans themselves and must begin immediately.

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Report from western Germany. One page of a propaganda leaflet produced by the Psychology War Department and Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. The second page is absent, but both pages are translated into English.

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Top: View along a river valley to a town with a forested hillside on one bank. Annotated, '1 November 1940: Besançon.', 'Blick von den Zitadelle' and 'P.P.'.

Bottom: A town in a river valley. Annotated, '1 November 1940: Besançon', Blickk von…

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Eden, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt stated at various points from 1941 to 1943 that they did not want Germany’s economic collapse, nor did they view the German people in the same light as Hitler, wanting them to be a useful and respected part of…

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A Me 109 flown by Oblt Gerhard Schopfel August 1940.

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Paul May's birth certificate.

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Illustrated text 'Zum Geburtstage Herzliche Glückwünsche’ (Happy birthday). Addressed to Mrs J E Hawkins.

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A card used by POWs to send messages home.

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Map showing north Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, part of Belgium and France. Goes east to include Poland and parts of Lithuania. Symbols on map with legend on reverse. Symbols are of German air force aviation objects and defensive systems.

MSchulzePJP[Ser#-DoB]-221112-01.pdf
The first part of the book focuses on one of the nine German fighter planes from the First Staffel, carrying out an operation on an English convoy in the Shetland Isles. They are keen to emulate the success of their fellow crew members in the Second…

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A postcard of a street scene with pedestrians and a single car. On the reverse 'No. 7 Port Said The Boulevard Fouad I. traversing the European Quarter from South to North. On this fine Boulevard are situated the luxurious Hotels and Coffee Houses,…

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A postcard of German troops and a band marching through the Brandenburg gate.

MWalleyBS1062112-180127-03.pdf
An identity document produced by the Germans during Brian's captivity. It identifies his name and address and where he was shot down.

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Two sided leaflet in German language concerning Bomber Command's 1000 bomber operations.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

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Gives personal details and next of kin. Includes b/w photograph and fingerprint. Stalag IX C. Two versions of the same item. Submitted with caption 'Photo of Bob Burns's German PoW ID card for Stalag IXC'.

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Prisoner of war document providing personal details.

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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.

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A street scene of mostly pedestrians in Suez. On the reverse 'No. 17 Suez The Colmar Street at Suez'.

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Four photographs on a card captioned 'Koln 1945'. Two are of the main bridges, road and rail, destroyed by the bombing and two views of the devastation around the cathedral.
On the reverse 'Morning after! Cologne Photographed by navigator W. Alan…

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The combat report for 21st April 1943 describes how at 23:08 the anti-aircraft alarm was sounded as Halifax DT747 enemy aircraft approached from the north-east and flew over the Esbjerg air base. It was intercepted with Luftwaffe guns and caught in…

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The top of the dam under construction.

SDeansJAG-MowerEAv1.pdf
Brief notes kept by Mower. Included is Dixie Deans 'Ausweis' pass.