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Miscellaneous (General), Prisoners, comprising: Serbian prisoners of war in Germany,...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/463
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- FO 383/463
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous (General), Prisoners, comprising:
Serbian prisoners of war in Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, including:
- Provision of supplies to prisoners, including blankets, cork mats, ground sheets, flour, herrings, lard, rice, beans and clothing.
- Provision of relief by the American Red Cross.
- Serbian Government concern regarding the condition of prisoners, and the repatriation of invalid prisoners.
- Uniforms and boots for Serbian officer prisoners in Austria.
- Exchange of Serbian and Austrian prisoners of war, including details of the agreements reached.
- Financing of relief for prisoners.
- Condition of Serbian prisoners and the civilian population in Austria, including an account by Dr Zshivko Topalovitch, a Serbian lawyer and reserve officer, of his three years in Austro-Hungarian camps.
- Request for assistance from the Serbian Relief Fund.
- Transfer of Serbian boys interned at Branau, Bohemia, to Denmark, and the internment of Allied prisoners of war in Denmark generally.
- Conditions of prisoners of war and Serbian subjects interned in Bulgaria.
- Exchange of Bulgarian and Serbian prisoners of war, and of Austro-Hungarian and Serbian prisoners of war.
- Treatment of Serbian prisoners of war in Turkey, and the transfer of prisoners from Austria to Turkey.
- Receipts and expenditure of the Commission des Achats.
- Censor's comments on letters complaining that Serbian prisoners receive better supplies of food and clothing than English prisoners.
- Treatment of Serbian and Italian prisoners deported from Austria-Hungary and Germany to Bulgaria and Turkey.
- Treatment of Serbian prisoners in Bulgaria.
- Conferences between representatives of the Serbian and Bulgarian Red Cross regarding the exchange of lists of prisoners of war and the despatch of funds to them.
Difficulties in securing the exchange of Austro-Hungarian soldiers taken prisoner in Serbia and interned in Italy.
Departure of Serbian subjects from Vladivostock on the SS Dunera.
Code 1250 Files 45-118650
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Files 45-118650
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2617706/
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FO 383
Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from...
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