It looked harmless enough until - Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany Accession Number: ART34781.012

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Three officers seated in a room within the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III. The stove conceals the hole leading to the tunnel. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan bei Breslau), Germany (now part of Poland) where Comber and other officers were held from September 1943 to January 1945. The prisoners planned their escape by digging the tunnel, but those who eventually got through and left the prison were shot by the Germans.

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Accession Number
ART34781.012
Artist
Flight Lieutenant Albert Comber
Artist
alpha lithograph
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink, brush and wash, pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall
Medium
pen and ink, brush and ink wash, pencil on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
London
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the artist 1945
Copyright
AWM copyright

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