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Wattenscheid, Eiberg, Germany: ill-treatment of British airman. Includes 2 photographs...
Catalogue reference: WO 309/301
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This record is about the Wattenscheid, Eiberg, Germany: ill-treatment of British airman. Includes 2 photographs... dating from 1946 Sept-1947 Oct 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 309/301
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946 Sept-1947 Oct
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Wattenscheid, Eiberg, Germany: ill-treatment of British airman.
Includes 2 photographs depicting: HQ BAOR: War Crimes Group (NWE); August Fretzen, accused of ill treatment of Allied airman (identity unknown) at Eiberg near Bochum, Germany in November 1944; tree in which airman landed and stable on Spelbergs farm where ill treatment occurred. Dated 1947.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- BAOR/WCG 15228/2/C3044
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- Open Document, Open Description
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WO 309
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