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Walter SCHENK. Includes 9 photographs depicting: German war criminal: Walter Schenk,...
Catalogue reference: FO 1024/77
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This record is about the Walter SCHENK. Includes 9 photographs depicting: German war criminal: Walter Schenk,... dating from 1948-1954 in the series Control Commission for Germany: Allied National Prison Werl: General and Prisoners.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FO 1024/77
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Date (When the record was created)
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1948-1954
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Description (What the record is about)
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Walter SCHENK.
Includes 9 photographs depicting: German war criminal: Walter Schenk, 20 years imprisonment, released 1954. Postcard views of Marne in Holstein, sent to prisoner whilst serving sentence in Werl Prison. Dated 1945-1954.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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FO 1024
Control Commission for Germany: Allied National Prison Werl: General and Prisoners...
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