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Germany: Prisoners, including: Conditions in prisoner of war camps, including: Reports...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/492
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This record is about the Germany: Prisoners, including: Conditions in prisoner of war camps, including: Reports... dating from 1919 in the series Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 383/492
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Germany: Prisoners, including:
Conditions in prisoner of war camps, including:
- Reports covering visits of inspection, made by Dr R Römer to prisoner of war camps: Wasbeck, Sehnde, Peine, Sollstedt, Duderstedt, Bernterode, Wolkramshausen, Jecha, Sondershausen, Oldisleben, Sennelager, Staumüle, Soltau, Muensterlager and Lengede.
- Reports covering visits of inspection made by Dr G Hoekstra to prisoner of war camps: Schneidemühl and Czersk.
- Reply from Prussian Ministry of War to British Government regarding conditions at Springhirsch prisoner of war camp.
- Brief reports by Dr R Römer regarding Chemische Fabrik Schöningen, Glückhauf Salt works and Heuepstedt (Langensalza) prisoner of war camp.
Despatches from the Governor General of South Africa giving details of resolutions passed on the subject of prisoners of war in Germany and the decision not to restore Germany's former colonial possessions in South Africa.
Report by Madame Sébastien of Mailly on the treatment of British prisoners of war at Sarralbe in Lorraine.
German commission of enquiry into shooting incidents at Stralsund and Langensalza; includes printed copy of short article from The Times, dated 5 February 1919.
Memorandum from Washington State Department summarising report from Captain Lehrbuch of the Danish Red Cross on the necessity of transferring prisoners of war from Germany at earliest opportunity.
Statement to the press made by Sir Gordon Hewart giving British view on the punishment of war crimes; contains printed copy of short article from The Times, dated 5 February 1919.
Code 1218 File 7 (papers 1828-2243).
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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)
- File 7 (pp.1828-2243).
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2617735/
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