Trautmann's story stands out as one of the most unusual, having been captured as a Nazi in Germany and kept in a Lancashire ...
Cultybraggan Camp in Scotland was a prisoner-of-war site during WWII and held some of the most fervent Nazi soldiers who were ...
My recent visit to Camp 30 in Bowmanville, Ontario was a journey unlike any other - a journey through time and Canada's role ...
John Hipkin, who grew up in Headlam Street, Byker, was just 14 when he was captured by German forces and sent to a prisoner ...
and in some areas they set up prisoner-of-war camps where prisoners were forced to design and manufacture prosthetic limbs and other equipment, as well as making tools such as bench lathes.
THERE’S A LOT TO LOOK AT HERE, LIKE THE FOUNDATION FROM AN OFFICE WHERE GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR WERE INTERVIEWED IN SOUNDPROOF ROOMS. SO THERE WERE SIX OF THESE SCATTERED ACROSS THE CAMP.
When it comes to an unassuming war hero with an extraordinary story, it’s hard to go past Adelaide man Angus Hughes.
Britain’s youngest Second World War prisoner of war watched a Yugoslav boy being shot while they shared soup in a German camp ...
which is believed to be the world’s first prisoner of war camp. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Peterborough Telegraph, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
A new research project will be the first to focus on items made by prisoners at Norman Cross camp, between Yaxley and Stilton, which is believed ...
John Hipkin was taken to Marlag und Milag Nord, a prisoner of war camp near the German sea port of Bremen Credit: The National Archives Britain’s youngest Second World War prisoner of war ...
When Angus Hughes’ plane was shot down, he spent days dodging the Nazis with the help of a compass hidden in his tunic button. But Germans caught him – and the true horrors began. The gentle ...