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Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Prisoners...
Catalogue reference: FO 939
What's it about?
FO 939
This series contains files of the Control Office for Germany and Austria and subsequently of the Foreign Office German Section, relating to all aspects of the treatment of prisoners of war under British control, not only in the United Kingdom but...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 939
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Title (The name of the record)
- Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, German Section: Prisoners of War: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1940-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Control Office for Germany and Austria and subsequently of the Foreign Office German Section, relating to all aspects of the treatment of prisoners of war under British control, not only in the United Kingdom but in the Middle East and elsewhere. About one quarter of the series consists of files on particular prisoner of war camps and on lectures at particular camps. Also includes files of the Political Intelligence Department's Prisoner of War Division.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files of the Political Intelligence Department see: FO 898
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Control Office for Germany and Austria, 1945-1947
- Foreign Office, Control Office for Germany and Austria, 1945-1945
- Foreign Office, German Section, 1947-1956
- Foreign Office, Political Intelligence Department, Prisoner of War Division, 1939-1946
- War Office, Control Office for Germany and Austria, 1944-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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469 file(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8238/
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