The winter march from Stalag Luft III

In the cage at Bari, Italy

ART34781.028
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Place Europe: Germany
Accession Number ART34781.028
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 28.5 cm x 39.2 cm; Image: 20.7 x 28.4 cm (irregular)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink, brush and ink wash, pencil on paper
Maker Comber, Albert
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, United Kingdom: England, Shropshire
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

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. The majority of POW deaths in Europe occurred during these death marches across Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia in the early months of 1945. Many of the POWs were already suffering from malnutrition, lice and other diseases, which were exacerbated by the bitterly cold conditions and the distances they were forced to march.

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