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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
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Zuchthaus Prison, Hamiln (or Hameln, or Hamelin), Germany: order for killing of allied...
Catalogue reference: WO 309/103
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This record is about the Zuchthaus Prison, Hamiln (or Hameln, or Hamelin), Germany: order for killing of allied... dating from 1945 Aug-1948 May in the series War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office, British Army of the Rhine War Crimes.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 309/103
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945 Aug-1948 May
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Zuchthaus Prison, Hamiln (or Hameln, or Hamelin), Germany: order for killing of allied prisoners
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- BAOR/WCG 15228/2/C1105/Legal
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- Open Document, Open Description
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