British prisoners bringing soup to be distributed at Stalag IIIA Prisoner of War (POW) Camp, ...

Accession Number P03127.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Burke, Edward
Place made Germany
Date made May 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

British prisoners bringing soup to be distributed at Stalag IIIA Prisoner of War (POW) Camp, Luckenwalde, Germany. The soup contained grass and very little meat, prisoners were given a bowl of soup with a peice of bread once a day, Red Cross parcels kept many from starving.

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