The site of the world’s first purpose-built prisoner of war camp, which dates back to the Napoleonic wars, has been saved by Historic England funding. Assembled in four months using 500 carpenters and ...

pt. A. Prisoner of war camps in South Africa and the Burgher camps -- pt. B. Prisoner of war camps overseas ...

A group of POWs staged a sit-down strike at local processing plants. One POW, Heinz Golze, escaped from camps five times. Young women working alongside POWs were said to be "very familiar" with them.

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