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Description: | Sketch album (9pp) compiled by him and others during his imprisonment while serving with the Suffolk Regiment, at Clausthal, Germany (1917 - 1918), together with an ms transcript (24pp) made by him of a statement issued by Lieutenant Colonel C S Anderson of the 8th North Staffordshire Regiment (January 1918) following Anderson's release from Clausthal POW camp, covering the quality of care and medical treatment received by Anderson following his wounding and capture at Grandcourt (November 1916), the cold, crowded and unhygenic living conditions at Clausthal (May - December 1917), the lack of organised exercise and comforts, a physical description of the camp, escape attempts and petty punishments given by the German guards, the uplifting work achieved by members of the orchestra and dramatic society, and his efforts to publicize these poor conditions on his release. Also with the collection are photocopies of two postwar photographs of Mann, and a picture of the grave in which he and family members were buried following their death by enemy action (July 1944).
Cataloguer PJB
Catalogue date 2007-08-14 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Mann, F A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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