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Stalag Luft 3 - orderly room for camp officersContent Note: Two prisoners type, another sits at a desk doing paperwork. This room was available for the prisoners' senior officers to help the…
Stalag Luft 3 - libraryContent Note: Tables with books on them surrounded by bookcases.
Stalag Luft 3 - German stovesContent Note: Stove mounted on wheels.
Stalag Luft 3 - doctorContent Note: Prison doctor examines a prisoner's hand in the infirmary in the camp.
Stalag Luft 3 - collapsed barrackContent Note: Barrack that collapsed because much of the wood had been removed to help build the escape tunnel and a lot of dirt from the tunnel had…
Stalag Luft 3 - coalContent Note: Prisoners moving coal in a wheel barrow.
Stalag Luft 3 - choirContent Note: Prisoner choir singing Handel's Messiah. (Crawford is standing under the arrow.)
Stalag Luft 3 - burial of British officersContent Note: Grave in which 50 British officers were buried after their failed attempt to escape. Minister stands over the grave with prisoners on…
Stalag Luft 3 - boxingContent Note: Prisoner recreational activities. Two prisoners box in a ring in front of a crowd. Barrack is visible in the background.
Stalag Luft 3 - "Food bash"Content Note: Prisoners at a "food bash" or celebratory party for which they had saved up food. (Such bashes took place on holidays or birthdays).