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Description: | Transcription (?) of an undated letter (7pp ms) written during or shortly after the First World War by an unnamed British prisoner of war, describing his repatriation from Germany (Doberitz camp) on medical grounds, a process apparently characterised by bureaucratic muddle which resulted in the last-minute postponement of the repatriation via Switzerland and much discomfort for the POWs involved, the appalling conditions in Mannheim camp while they waited for another transport, and the enthusiastic reception they finally received in Switzerland during the course of their "triumphal progress thru the promised land" to the reception centre at Murren, concluding with bitter observations on his experience of captivity.
Cataloguer SWW
Catalogue date 2002-12 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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