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Allied prisoners of war from Oflag IX A/Z outside barn - Photograph taken by Lee Hill
- Date
- [1945]
- By
- Hill, Leighton McLeod, 1907-1952
- Reference
- 1/4-069793-F
- Description
Allied prisoners of war from Oflag IX A/Z outside barn which was to be their home for the night during forced march. Photographed 1945 by Lee Hill.
Source of descriptive and historical information - official caption
Allied officers and men from German prison of war camps were forced to march to avoid recapture by advancing allies. Men were crowded into dirty barns and locked in. Cold weather and rain at this particular spot played on the health of men who had been prisoners since days of Dunkirk, Norway and Greece.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 9 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- 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 / World War 1939-1945 Official negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Cellulosic film negative 6 x 9 cm
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Hill, Leighton McLeod, 1907-1952. Allied prisoners of war from Oflag IX A/Z outside barn - Photograph taken by Lee Hill. 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. Ref: 1/4-069793-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22319275More information can be found in our terms of use.