Place | Europe: Germany |
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Accession Number | MSS1551 |
Collection type | Manuscript |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
Object type | Manuscript |
Maker |
Bethell, Anthony R |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1994-1995 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 95/0172 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Bethell, R. Anthony (Flight Lieutenant)
Description
Manuscript compiled by Flight Officer Anthony R Bethell, 268 Squadron RAF, with extracts from personal accounts, diaries, photographs, newspaper cuttings and published material relating to camp life at Stalg Luft III, Sagan Poland. The material documents the preparation and consequences of 'the great escape', including the excecution of fifty recaptured prisoners, and the forced marches in early 1945.