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Bussing Nag Factory, Schillerstrasse and Vechelde, Germany: alleged ill-treatment...
Catalogue reference: WO 309/1241
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This record is about the Bussing Nag Factory, Schillerstrasse and Vechelde, Germany: alleged ill-treatment... dating from 1947 Aug-1948 Feb 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 309/1241
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947 Aug-1948 Feb
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bussing Nag Factory, Schillerstrasse and Vechelde, Germany: alleged ill-treatment of allied nationals
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WCG/C/419/FIS
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