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Strange Moonlit Ghosts
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Maker: Comber, Albert
After being shot down in August 1942 over the Gulf of Taranto, Italy, Flight Lieutenant Albert Henry Comber was taken prisoner, eventually an intern of Stalag Luft III. The camp was evacuated in Janua...ART35261
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The Germans took over the camp
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Depicts a drawing of the German occupation of the camp 19, Bologna, when the Italians capitulated.ART34781.011
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The lid was off, and work had begun again
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan bei Breslau), Germany (now Zagan, Poland) where Comber and other officers were held from September 1943 to ...ART34781.013
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The monument in the early stages of construction
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Depicts a drawing of the monument in the early stages of construction for the 50 officers who were shot after the break from Stalag Luft III.ART34781.024
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The night the Germans gave the dreaded order "Evacuate the camp within the hour"
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Maker: Comber, Albert
A black and white drawing that depicts several of the Allied POWs held in Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany on the night that the order was given to evacuate the camp. The faces of the men are gaunt a...ART34781.026
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The shapeless ghosts leave camp: Stalag Luft III
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Prisoners of war on the long winter march from the prisoner of war camp at Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) in Sagan (Sagan bei Breslau), Germany (now part of Poland) where they were held fr...ART34781.027
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The tunnel at Stalag Luft III: the foot of the shaft
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Prisoners digging the tunnel at the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan bei Bres...ART34781.014
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The tunnel was to come up in the woods beyond the guard box, Stalag Luft III
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany, showing buildings in the camp and the guard tower on a hill beyond. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan bei ...ART34781.021
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The winter march from Stalag Luft III
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Maker: Comber, Albert
A black and white drawing of the winter march from Stalag Luft III. For many of the Australian servicemen imprisoned in the Nazi POW camps, it was the most extreme winter they had ever been exposed to...ART34781.028
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Using tunnel "Dick" as a disposal point for earth and sand from the main tunnel
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Australian prisoners of war using tunnel "Dick" for disposing earth and sand dug from the main tunnel at Stalag Luft III in Sagan Germany. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German priso...ART34781.020
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Working in the tunnel, Sulmona
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Maker: Comber, Albert
A greyscale wash drawing of two Prisoners of war working in a tunnel. At Sulmona the artist joined the Escape Team and tunnel-digging crew. Over two months they worked many hours underground, however...ART34781.008