Description
A prisoner on a trolley going through the tunnel to the working face at Stalag Luft III in Sagan Germany. 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.
Details
Accession Number
ART34781.015
Artist
Flight Lieutenant Albert Comber
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink, brush and ink wash, pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 19.05 cm x 30.48 cm
Medium
pen and ink, brush and ink wash, pencil on paper
Credit Line
presented by the artist 1945
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