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Germany: Prisoners, including: Repatriation of German prisoners of war, including:...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/502
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This record is about the Germany: Prisoners, including: Repatriation of German prisoners of war, including:... 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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- FO 383/502
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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:
Repatriation of German prisoners of war, including:
- Transport of repatriated Austrian and German subjects: telegram from Sir Walter Townley dismissing complaints as exaggerated and commenting on Dutch public opinion regarding the reported abuses.
- Arrangements for examination on arrival in Britain of vessels carrying repatriated German subjects from China and overseas.
- Ministry of Shipping report on alleged ill-treatment of Austrian and German prisoners of war on board British repatriation ships.
- Memorandum regarding German allegations as to treatment of repatriated civilians on board the Manitou.
- Results of inquiry into treatment of Austrian and German civilians during repatriation via Rotterdam.
- German Government communication protesting against the ill-treatment of German civilians by the British during repatriation, giving names and details of cases of abuse and requesting the British Government take action.
- Despatch from the Governor General of South Africa on the lost property and mishandling of luggage belonging to German prisoners of war repatriated on the Ingoma.
- German Government request that Captain Grossman, British repatriation officer at Rotterdam, be relieved of his post: contains a note verbale giving details of Grossman's abuses.
- Shipping arrangements with numbers of repatriated Germans on board the Accrington, Stockport, Lutterworth, Dewsbury and St Dennis.
- Desired release of 90,000 German prisoners of war: two letters dated 5 August 1919, addressed to King George V and Prime Minister Lloyd George by the Senior German Officer at Redmires prisoner of war camp in Sheffield.
- Repatriation and treatment of German prisoners of war: petition addressed to Prime Minister Lloyd George by Rear Admiral von Reuter requesting immediate repatriation.
Code 1218 File 51 (papers 5150-end).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- File 51 (pp.5150-end).
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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