Hitler's British Slaves (47 page)
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Authors: Sean Longden
Tags: #History, #Europe, #Military, #World War II
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. Jim Sims – Letter to author.
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. Public Record Office FO916/250
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. Following the publication of the first edition of this book, further information has come to light regarding the fate of the following POWs: William Slade, Laurence Kavanagh and Norman Cullity. They did in fact survive a firing squad rather than being killed by
their guards. They were to be executed for refusing to work for the Germans; however, the firing squad was poorly organised. Despite being shot twice and blinded, William Slade survived. Laurence Kavanagh was shot in the chest but survived whilst Norman Cullity escaped unwounded. William Slade returned home after the war and later married a nurse from St Dunstan’s, the home for blind military veterans. The couple later lived in Wisbech before William Slade returned to St Dunstan’s where he died in 2002 at the age of 81. The author is grateful to William Slade’s nephew, Steve Cawthorne, for this information and apologises for any hurt caused by his original error.
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. Public Record Office FO916/544
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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Public Record Office WO32/15543
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. Public Record Office WO32/15543
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. Alec Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – J.H. Witte 87/12/1
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. Jim Sims – Letter to author.
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. Imperial War Museum – D.W. Luckett 90/4/1
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. Public Record Office FO916/844
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – F.W. Daniels p357
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. Public Record Office FO916/844
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. Public Record Office WO224/11
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO224/48
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. Public Record Office FO916/844
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO32/11125
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. Alec Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Alec Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO32/11125
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. Public Record Office WO32/11125
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Public Record Office WO32/11125
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO224/16
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. Imperial War Museum – F.W. Daniels p357
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. Imperial War Museum – F.W. Daniels p357
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. Public Record Office WO224/9
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. Imperial War Museum – A.J. Richardson 92/10/1
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. Public Record Office WO224/9
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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Spectator in Hell –
Colin Rushton (Pharaoh Press 1998)
CHAPTER 8, The Column of the Damned
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – W. Bampton 94/49/1
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO344/80/2
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. Imperial War Museum – M. Newey 90/4/1
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – W. Bampton 94/49/1
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – W.G. Harvey
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Eric ‘Bill’ Sykes – Letter to author.
CHAPTER 9, The End
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. Jim Sims – Letter to author.
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. Public Record Office WO224/34
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. Public Record Office WO224/35
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. George Marsden – Letter to author.
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. George Marsden – Letter to author.
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. George Marsden – Letter to author.
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. Public Record Office WO224/11
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. Public Record Office WO224/33
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Jim Sims – Letter to author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Alec Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Alec Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO224/47
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Alex Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – J.H. Witte 87/12/1
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Alex Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO224/35
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. Jim Sims – Letter to author.
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. Alex Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Alec Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Eric ‘Bill’ Sykes – Letter to author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – J.H. Witte 87/12/1
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Imperial War Museum – J.H. Witte 87/12/1
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. Public Record Office FO916/1202
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. Alex Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – K. Clarke 01/25/1
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Imperial War Museum – M. Newey 90/4/1
CHAPTER 10, Every Day a Bonus
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. Imperial War Museum – F.W. Daniels p357
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. Eric ‘Bill’ Sykes – Letter to author.
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. George Marsden – Letter to author.
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. Imperial War Museum – F.W. Daniels p357
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. Imperial War Museum – W.G. Harvey
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. Public Record Office WO32/11125
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. Public Record Office WO32/11125
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. Public Record Office WO32/11125
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. Public Record Office WO32/11125
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Travels with a Leros Veteran
– Pauline Bevan (PB Books – 2000)
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. George Marsden – Letter to author.
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. Imperial War Museum – W.G. Harvey
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. Veronica Taylor – Letter to author.
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. Veronica Taylor – Letter to author.
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. Eric ‘Bill’ Sykes – Letter to author.
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. Alec Reynolds – Interview with author.
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. Bryan Willoughby – Interview with author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO344/140/1
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. Public Record Office WO344/270/1
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. Public Record Office WO344/270/2
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Eric ‘Bill’ Sykes – Letter to author.
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. Public Record Office WO344/290/2
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. Public Record Office WO219/5044
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. Public Record Office WO219/5044
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. Public Record Office FO916/34
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. Public Record Office FO916/252
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. Public Record Office FO916/519
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. Jim Sims – Letter to author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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Arbeitskommando
– Elvet Williams (Victor Gollancz – London 1975)
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Arbeitskommando
– Elvet Williams (Victor Gollancz – London 1975)
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At the Fifth Attempt
– John Elwyn (Leo Cooper – London 1987)
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. Gordon Barber – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Public Record Office WO32/15543
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
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. Ken Willats – Interview with author.
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. Les Allan – Interview with author.
Sources
UNPUBLISHED SOURCES
Gordon Barber – Royal Horse Artillery. Interview
George Marsden – Duke of Wellington’s Regiment. Letter to author.
Alex Reynolds – Royal Artillery. Interview
Jim Sims – Parachute Regiment. Letter to author
Eric ‘Bill’ Sykes – Parachute Regiment. Letter to author
Ken Wilats – 2/5th Queens Regiment. Interview
Bryan Willoughby – Parachute Regiment. Interview
Public Record Office
WO219/5044 | SHAEF Court of Enquiry on treatment of American and British Prisoners of War |
WO32/11125 | Rehabilitation of Returned POWs |
WO32/11129 | Rehabilitation of Ex Prisoners of War Returning to Civil Life |
WO32/15543 | SHAEF Board of Enquiry on the Treatment of American and British P.O.Ws |
WO32/18489 | Reports on treatment of POWs |
FO916/14 | Welfare of POWs in Germany 1941 |
FO916/15 | Welfare of POWs in Germany 1941 |
FO916/15 | Welfare of POWs in Germany 1941 |
FO916/16 | Welfare of POWs in Germany 1941 |
FO916/34 | Conditions of Labour in POW camps 1941 |
FO916/57 | Ill treatment of POWs in Germany 1941 |
FO916/241 | Red Cross reports on Stalag XXB 1942 |
FO916/250 | Letters from International Red Cross Committee enclosing camp reports. |
FO916/252 | Conditions of Labour in POW camps 1942 |
FO916/266 | Ill treatment of prisoners of war in Germany 1942 |
FO916/167 | Welfare of RAMC prisoners of war in Germany 1942 |
FO916/519 | Conditions of Labour in POW camps 1943 |
FO916/520 | Conditions of Labour in POW camps 1943 |
FO916/544 | Ill treatment of POWs in Germany 1943 |
FO916/613 | Activities of IRCC 1943 |
FO916/844 | Conditions of Labour in POW camps 1944 |
FO916/871 | Ill treatment of prisoners of war in Germany 1944 |
FO916/889 | Bombing of POW camps in Germany 1944 |
FO916/898 | Treatment Of 1st Airborne Division taken POW at Arnhem |
FO916/950 | Welfare of Indian Prisoners of War in France 1944 |
FO916/1166 | Ill treatment of prisoners in German hands 1945 |
FO916/1184 | Bombing of Prisoner of War camps 1945 |
FO916/1202 | Treatment of British Prisoners of War and Internees by the Russians in Austria and Czechoslovakia 1945 |
WO224/9 | Red Cross reports on Stalag IIID Sept 1941 to Dec 1944 |
WO224/11 | Red Cross reports on Stalag IVa April 1941 to Feb 1945 |
WO224/13 | Red Cross reports on Stalag IVC May 1941 to March 1945 |
WO224/16 | Red Cross reports on Stalag IVG Jan 1944 to April 1945 |
WO224/26 | Red Cross reports on Stalag VIIIA Oct 1943 to Nov 1944 |
WO224/27 | Red Cross reports on Stalag VIIIB |
WO224/31 | Red Cross reports on Stalag IXC April 1941 to April 1942 |
WO224/33 | Red Cross reports on Stalag XB August 1942 to May 1945 |
WO224/34 | Red Cross reports on Stalag XIa Jan 1944 to April 1945 |
WO224/35 | Red Cross reports on Stalag XIb Jan 1944 to Feb 1945 |
WO22437 | Red Cross reports on Stalag XIId July 1944 to Feb 1945 |
WO224/47 | Red Cross reports on Stalag XVIIIC November 1943 to Feb 1945 |
WO224/48 | Red Cross reports on Stalag XXA 1941 to 1945 |
WO224/51 | Red Cross reports on Stalag XXID 1941 to 1944 |
WO224/102 | Red Cross report on Bau und Arbeitsbattallion No 20 Dec 1941 to Sept 44 |
WO224/103 | Red Cross report on Bau und Arbeitsbattallion No 21 Oct 1941 to Sept 44 |
WO224/104 | Red Cross report on Bau und Arbeitsbattallion No 21 Sept 1941 to Feb 43 |
WO224/105 | Red Cross report on Bau und Arbeitsbattallion No 48 Feb 42 to Feb 43 |
WO224/244 | Red Cross reports on Stalag VIIIb 1942 |
WO344 | Directorate of Military Intelligence – Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires |