[Wood fire stove]

Depicts a wood fire stove and heater in the corner of a cabin in the POW camp Oflag 7B. Although heating facilities were adequate, fuel for the fires was often in limited supply and consequently hoarded for extremely cold weather. The camp was used to house POW officers from Allied nations mainly British, Australian, French, Belgian, Canadian and New Zealanders. The camp, Oflag 7B, is located in Bavaria in southern Germany, just north of Munich and south of Nuremberg. The inmates at the camp were allowed to receive Red Cross packages that supplemented the rations they received from the Germans, and could participate in many sporting and training activities as well as plays to pass the time. In 1943 over 60 POWs attempted to escaped through a tunnel they had dug under the fence. All were recaptured and as a result over 70 British officers from the camp were transfered to Oflag 4C at the infamous Colditz Castle.