World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, German

Date: 1945, 2007

By: Wragge, Stewart, active 2007

Reference: MS-Papers-8801

Description: Transcribed diary of Leonard Joseph Christmas, a prisoner of war, captured in Crete and held at an unnamed stalag in the Protectorate (now Czech Republic). Describes the last days of the war, the advance of the Red Army, the release of the prisoners and his eventual evacuation to the United Kingdom. With some annotations by Stewart Wragge. Includes covering letter from Stewart Wragge. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Stewart Wragge, 2007

Date: 1895-1966

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: Series-4925

Description: Papers, including prose and descriptive writing (about places, people, and events), travel diaries and letters Quantity: 13 folder(s).

Date: Jul 1942

By: Ryan, Patrick Joseph, active 1942

Reference: MS-Papers-8720

Description: Postcard sent by Patrick Joseph Ryan to Olaf Hall of the State Insurance, Wellington, from the Prisoner of War Camp Stalag XVIIIA. Includes photocopy Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

By: McFarlane, Duncan Albert, 1911-1983

Reference: PA1-o-1539

Description: Photograph album relating to Lance Corporal D A (Dick) McFarlane's service during World War II with 27th Battalion and his internment at Stalag VIII B. Includes christmas cards and newspaper clippings about Otago servicemen. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009 Transfers: Transfers - Collection as a whole received by Photographic Archive and material transferred to Manuscripts and Archives and Ephemera collections from here. - To Manuscripts & Archives - Crossing the Line Dipolma of L/Cpl D A McFarlane. - To Ephemera Collection - Sobieski ship menus (Troopship during WWII) and Programme for 'The Marriage Flame' at Niwaka (Eph-A-WAR-WII-McFarlane).

Date: 1940-1943

From: Jeffries, J Kenneth (estate) :Photographs relating to NZ Engineers in Middle East, WW2

Reference: PA1-o-913

Description: The content fields have been constructed from what can be seen of the album without removing the photographs. It should be noted that most of the photographs do have information written on their backs but that this can only be accessed by removing them from the photo corners which attach them to the pages Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Jul 1941-Jul 1944

By: Ledgerwood, John Herbert, 1908-1959

Reference: MS-Papers-5644

Description: Potted history of Stalag XVIIIA, situated on the outskirts of Wolfsburg in Karnten, Austria. Ledgerwood describes all aspects of life in the POW camp together with war poems Finding Aid updated with additional information from Library staff on 23 February 2016. Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1935-1945, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1975

By: Morris family

Reference: MS-Papers-9144

Description: Letters of Frank Morris relating to World War II and Dorothy Morris relating to the Spanish Civil War and World War II, written to family members in New Zealand. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 1939-1945

By: Baynes, Colin Astor, 1912-1998

Reference: MS-Papers-5550

Description: Comprises notebook of experiences in 1945, part of notebook (nd), diary notes taken over several years of service (1939-1945) and covering note which briefly explains the collection Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr Baynes, Wanaka, 1996

Date: 1938-2008

By: Hayward, Vivienne, 1940-

Reference: MS-Papers-9485

Description: Letters and papers relating to Sergeant Gordon Christie Dunn (1912-1942), together with a copy of his daughter Vivienne Hayward's memoir `Finding Gordon - A love story' (published by the author in 2008). It is based on the edited correspondence between her mother and father during the early years of World War II. These private letters provide an insight into her mother Joan's life at home in Invercargill and her father's war experience in Egypt and as a prisoner-of-war in Crete and Germany up until his accidental death in Stalag VIII-B in Feb 1942. The correspondence provides details of Burnham Camp; voyage to Egypt with 2NZEF; Maadi Camp and leave in Alexandria; letters from captivity in Crete. Also official correspondence re his accidental death after transfer to Stalag VIII-B, Germany in Feb 1942. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 3 Electronic document(s). 0.18 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs Transfers: To Book Collections - Copy of `Finding Gordon - A love story' / Vivienne Hayward (2008).

Date: 1941-1942 (transcribed 1983)

By: Loftus, Harold, 1896-1994

Reference: MS-Papers-2408

Description: The diaries cover the period Feb 1941-Jun 1942. The letters are to Loftus's wife, Isabel, Mar-Jun 1942 Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Biographical notes by Alan Loftus Loftus served with 18 Battalion and saw action in the Greek, Crete and Egyptian campaigns. He was captured near El Alamein in July 1942 and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war in Stalag VIIIB in Germany. Quantity: 5 folder(s) (166 leaves). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typed transcripts (all photocopies)

Date: 1943-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-090

Description: Most photographs are identified and many were taken by G F Kaye. Subjects include: Mule train tended by Italian soldiers making their way through streets of Castel Frentano, Dec 1943; captured German Tiger tank with NZ soldiers posing on it; pontoon at Adige; Italian village of Lagone before and after bombing; NZ Provost who escorted NZ Prime Minister Peter Fraser on his tour of NZ troops on Italian Front; aerial photo of Terni being bombed; I J Minish pouring water for German POWs, 1943; H Jackson, W T Bartle & J Mooney wading through snow and slush. C W J Thomas & W W Buchanan making their way over snow with petrol cans in NZ section of Italian Front; R Stewart with trophy, captain of NZ Advance Base Cricket team which won 52 Area Cricket Chapionship at Taranto, 1945; several photos of snow conditions (NZ Section of 8th Army Front); censored photo of 3 American army personnel standing in a stadium; NZ infantrymen moving along Via Emilia to take up positions held by Maori Battalion (nr Castel Bolognese); men of 2 NZ Div Artillery in Sangro River area, Dec 1943; woman looking at her ruined home at Gessopalena, Dec 1943; aerial photograph of Cotignola, 9 Apr 1945. On 2 Oct 1943 the New Zealand Division was moved from Egypt to support the 8th Army in Italy. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: June 1941-June 1945

By: Hobbs, John Hugh, active 1941-1945

Reference: MS-Papers-3958

Description: Hobbs' diaries cover the period June 1941 to June 1945 and contain a detailed account of his wartime experiences Source of title - Supplied Hobbs sailed from Wellington in June 1941 aboard the `Aquitania'. He saw action in Egypt with 20th Battalion and was captured by German forces at Ruweisat ridge in July 1942. Hobbs was imprisoned at Campo 57 near Udine in Italy until September 1943 when he was transferred to Stalag VIIIA, Gorlitz, Germany. He was repatriated to England in April 1945 and sailed for New Zealand the following month. Quantity: 2 folder(s) (191 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)

Date: Mar 1941-Jun 1945

By: McDowall, Robert George (Rev), 1898-1963

Reference: MS-Group-0368

Description: Comprises typescript copy of a diary kept by Chaplain Major R G McDowall while held as a prisoner of war in Germany. Also transcripts of fragments of other diaries, letters and other material found with the diaries; including description of visit to Palestine in 1941. Transcribed by Mary A Tagg. Accompanied by notes made by Tagg about the originals and on the transcription. Copies were typed by Mary A Tagg. M A Tagg has included a comprehensive provenance (MS-Papers-5256) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1977-1978

By: Andrews, Noel Edwin, 1921-

Reference: MS-Papers-2306

Description: Unpublished book describes his war experiences and exploits as a P.O.W. Source of title - Title page Relationship complexity - See fMS-Papers-6892 for Andrews' trade and advanced trade certificates in motor mechanics Andrews served with New Zealand Engineers. Saw action in North Africa and Greece where he was captured in May 1941. A prisoner of war in Austria until 1945, he made eight escape attempts. Quantity: 6 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Includes photographs, maps and pen sketches to accompany text

Date: 1942 - 1944

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Europe-01

Description: This text is written on both sides of a flyer, presumably for the use of German soldiers who find themselves in a powerless situation, in Europe during the Second World War. The recto has red bands across the black text, and the verso is printed on the diagonal. Other Titles - "Ei ssorrender" - this is the sound of the English and American words "I surrender" (Iche ergebe mich). Make use of this if the the opportunity arises. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, black and red, on leaflet 124 x 186 mm.

Date: [1915-1945]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-038

Description: Comprises HMSO papers, Germany No 1 and no 2 (1939), `Final report by...Sir Nevile Henderson...on the circumstances leading to the termination of his mission to Berlin Sep 20, 1939' and `Papers concerning the treatment of German nationals in Germany, 1938-1939'; telegram from Riddiford (1917); Guards Division circular (1916); letters from Violet Russell (1940), J C Rolleston (1931, 1940, 1942), E C Rhodes (1940), John S Riddiford (1945); from John Riddiford (1941); D H S Riddiford to D J Riddiford and John Riddiford (1942);; from Major J A Bretherton to his father (1944); telegram, L Dwan, Kerikeri Central re shortwave radio message from D J Riddiford (1945); background notes on D J Riddiford (1945); letters from Riddiford to son, Anthony (1942-1943); from D J Riddiford to his parents with code to use for letters and cables; several parts of letters following escape from prisoner-of-war camp (one of the Riddiford sons) Many of the family letters are transcribed copies for circulation Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1942 - 1944

From: "Ei ssorrender" ... Dies ist die englische und amerikanische Aussprache des Wortes "I surrender" (Ich ergebe mich). Macht davon Gebrauch, wenn sich Gelegenheit ergibt.

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Europe-01-verso

Description: The message is printed diagonally on this, the verso of a two-sided flier. This text is written presumably for the use of German soldiers who find themselves in a powerless situation, in Europe during the Second World War. Other Titles - "Ei ssorrender" - this is the sound of the English and American words "I surrender" (Iche ergebe mich). Make use of this if the the opportunity arises. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, black, on leaflet 124 x 186 mm.

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Braithwaite, Warwick 1896-1971 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5473-2

Description: Braithwaite continues with his narrative with notes on opera at Sadlers Wells, his study time at La Scala Milan before the war, wartime conditions, his work in Britain where he conducted many of the important orchestras and made recordings, a spell with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (and visits to Belsen) and with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1945. He describes broadcasting to the forces, personalities in the music world, and his visits en route to Australia and activities there prior to his visit to New Zealand. Includes newsclippings of letters from Braithwaite to the `Glasgow Herald' re the Scottish National Orchestra and one from J Barnes, secretary and manager of the Choral and Orchestral Union of Glasgow re season of the orchestra. (Pages 104-117 are not included; this section therefore comprises pages 118-262) Arrangement: On re-sorting the autobiography, which was not completely in order, it was discovered that pages 104-117 were not there Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1941-1946

By: Coleman, Harry Alexander, 1913-1995

Reference: MSX-4170

Description: Subtitled: Reminiscences of a prisoner-of-war in Germany and Italy, November 1941 to April 1945. Coleman, using the device of a third person, Ham, tells the story of his (and others') capture by Germans near Tobruk, their transportation to Italy (Campos 66 at Capua, 52 at Chiavari and 57 at Gruppiagno) and their daily lives in the camps; and then their moves to Moosburg, Altengrabow and Arbeitskommando 7005 Salzgitter in Germany continuing the story until their release. Source of title - Supplied by writer Quantity: 1 volume(s) (120 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Sent to Dr J Phillips, Chief Historian, Dept of Internal Affairs by H A Coleman in 1990 with instructions that it be offered to the Turnbull Library when Phillips had finished with it

Date: 1941-1945 (1975)

By: Castles, Thomas, 1911-2005

Reference: MS-Papers-1461

Description: Sapper Castles' account of his capture in Crete, 1 Jun 1941, and his life as prisoner of war at Stalag VIIIB, Lambsdorf, Germany; description of strike instigated by NZ prisoners Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph