Nice page from WWII memories of Red Cross camp 'Newspapers' reproduced in fully readable form: WWII Memories Cheers, Adam.
Hmmm....I'll have to take the time to plough through all these nice record...Camp newspapers are very good source documents....I have enjoyed reading Prisoner accounts for a while now, of which my fav is still to this day, Geoff Taylor's PIECE OF CAKE........The page by Churchill is particularly informative, and it's the first account I have seen by the man himself...great source site, I'll just have to take a bit of time to fully read them all...many thanks....!
Adam thanks for the link - very interesting especially as my grandfather was in some of the camps at the time of the papers being printed. MERRY CHRISTMAS Regards Scott
Adam, I have seen this site and the 6th picture down on the left hand column shows my Father's Blenheim crew at Stalag IXc. Sgt. Robert William McDonald is top left and Sgt. Alan Andrew Fuller is bottom right, both Kent boys from 139 Squadron. I believe that my Father is just off the photo next to Fuller in the front row. They were shot down on the 1st July 1941 and this photo will undoubtably show the crew of HSL 108 that were captured in the rescue attempt that followed. Small world!! Nick
Nice page from WWII memories of Red Cross camp 'Newspapers' reproduced in fully readable form: WWII Memories Cheers, Adam. Some of the P.O.W. Camps produced their own Newsheets.There was even one in the"Transit" Camp at Benghazi. Stalag 1VB had a Motoring Club that produced a Magazine,all hand drawn and written of course. Penguin published a book some years ago with the title "Flywheel", it gives all the detail of the Muhlberg Motoring Club. The author was Tom Swallow who sadly passed away quite recently.
The one l have seen is the Kriegie Yorkshire Post with sports, theatre, news from home and everything. A really comprehensive paper. Nick
I'm glad I've seen this. It mentions Stalag IXC, which my mates Father was in, so I'll pass the details of this site on.
I see this is quite an old thread but it was pinned so I gave it a browse. The link in the first post no longer works unfortunately. Does anyone still have a copy of the files that were on it?
Wayback machine link to just the page. Might help in tracking down survivors from it, somewhere. WWII Memories
Aha, by the power of Google from some titles on that page, is this them? Looks like it. American National Red Cross POW Bulletins 1943-1945 All hail the Wayback Machine. What an idea that was.
Think this link takes you to original files. Internet Archive Search: publisher:"Washington, D.C. : American National Red Cross"