Ex-POWs' first glimpse outside Germany for 5 years

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number ART24378
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 60.4 x 45.3 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas on plywood
Location Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 4: D-Day VE
Maker Moore, Alan
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a group of unidentified British ex-prisoners-of-war as they glimpse of England for the first time in five years after being in prison camps in Germany. They are climbing out of a Douglas C-47 Dakota transport.