Prisoners of war - Transportation
World War, 1939-1945. Allied prisoners-of-war in Germany
Date: 1939-1945
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: Hill, Leighton McLeod, 1907-1952
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-210
Description: Photographs of Allied prisoners-of-war in Germany, including scenes taken on forced marches during the closing stages of the war, and liberation by Allied forces, taken ca 1943-1945 by various photographers, including Lee Hill. Quantity: 124 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
New Zealand prisoners of war in cattle truck - Photograph taken by Lee Hill
Date: [1943]
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: Hill, Leighton McLeod, 1907-1952
Reference: 1/4-069786-F
Description: New Zealand prisoners of war in cattle truck on route to Germany after Italian capitulation. Photographed 1943 by Lee Hill. Source of descriptive and historical information - official caption Nazis packed Kiwi prisoners of war into cattle trucks 50 at a time, to send them into Germany after the Italian capitulation. The trucks had little ventilation, no sanitary arrangements, no water, and the men were in trucks for days. Some managed to break out and escaped back to Allied lines. The photographer, Lee Hill, had camera and film unknown to the Nazi guards, and developed negatives in German prison camps in solution mainly composed of urine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 9 cm