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Pilot Officer Scheidhauer - The Forced Landing and "The Great Escape"
A memoir of Bernard Scheidauer who was shot down over France but crashed on Jersey. He was a prisoner at Stalag Luft 3 and was involved in the tunnels used during The Great Escape.
Tags: 601 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; escaping; evading; Hurricane; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; pilot; prisoner of war; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Walrus
Tom May
A head and shoulders portrait of a prisoner of war in a greatcoat. Behind is a wooden hut with barbed wire. On the front, at the top and bottom the word 'Cut' is annotated. On the reverse are several handwritten annotations - 'Tom May'
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Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
The first RAF officers taken prisoner
A group of 13 POWs arranged in three rows. Behind is a timber frame building. On the reverse is 'This photo was taken in Dec '39 at Oflag IX Spangenburg. It is a photo of all the RAF officers taken by the Germans up to then + 1 Fleet Air Arm officer.…
Tags: aircrew; Dulag Luft; escaping; pilot; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Sports Day at Luft 3
A table with prizes and three airmen. On the reverse 'Sports Day at Luft 3.' , ' No Flight 7 [circled]' and '1:1'.
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Room 9 Block 106 Stalag Luft III North
Six airmen, two with musical instruments, in a room in a wooden building. One man is laying on the top of a double bunk
Melodrama
A play being performed with three actors. The orchestra are in their pit and a couple of spectators are watching. A picture on the back of stage reads 'Home Sweet Home'. There is a stage villain and two prisoners of war dressed as women characters.
Decor
Stagehands preparing the set. One man is at the top of a ladder by the proscenium arch. The backdrop is a city scape with high rise buildings.
Behind the Curtain
Stagehands at work. Two dancers are on the stage. A man at the top of a ladder is working on the stage flats and others are painting.
Lighting Plot
Control room for the stage lighting, looking down at the stage. Two actors are on stage while stage hands move a piece of furniture.
Washing Down
Stage hands preparing scenery. The stage door is open to the outside camp and two men are carrying a stage flat. More scenery is against the back drop at the back of the stage.
Back Stage
Six actors waiting back stage. Three men are dressed as women. Part of a show's musical running order is written on the wall behind them.
Make Up
A scene in the dressing room. Actors are reading their lines while others get changed and have makeup applied. Four men and preparing to play women's roles.
Off Right
A view of the stage from the wings. Two actors are on the stage and a third, a waiter, is bringing a tray with a drinks.
Still Life
Props stored at the theatre. There is a bust, stage flats and pieces of furniture.
Musical Comedy
A scene from a musical comedy viewed from the wings. Musicians including a guitarist and saxophonist are playing while a man dressed as a woman dances.
The Theatre
A view of the hut used as a theatre. Two trees are in the foreground
Carpenter's Shop
Seven men at work making props. Two men are working on a dresser. A Red Cross crate is in the foreground.
Prompt Side
The theatre's wings with an actor and two stage hands.
Dress Rehearsal
Actors on the stage being watched by an orchestra in their pit and a handful of spectators. Several actors are at a table while two Royal characters are on a raised area.
The Theatre Stalag Luft III Sagan
A partly coloured sketch of a theatrical group with a caption September 1st 1943 to January 27th 1945. Character include a man in a wheelchair, and two men dressed as women.
Prisoners marching through the Camp Gate
A group of prisoners marching through the camp gates, passed a sentry box and watched by guards.
Foreword to Ley Kenyon's Artwork
Kenneth MacKintosh describes the camp theatre and its many productions. He praises Ley Kenyon's drawings. All this was interrupted by the start of the Long March.
The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III
An account of the Great Escape with maps, sketches and photographs. Details of the three tunnels are set out and the night of the escape. The tunnel construction is detailed as is the team of organisers, engineers, escape kit manufacturers and…
Main Prisoner of War Camps in the Third Reich
A map of 41 POW camp locations. The key gives each camp's name and number.
Life in Stalag Luft III
Five annotated photographs and a sketch of life in a prisoner of war camp.