Construction in progress Accession Number: ART34781.025

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Three men constructing a monument in the British section of the cemetery at the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) in Sagan (Sagan bei Breslau), Germany (now part of Poland). The artist and other officers were held prisoner there from September 1943 to January 1945. The prisoners planned their escape by digging a tunnel, but those who eventually got through tunnel "Dick" and left the prison were shot by the Germans. Altogether they built three tunnels: Tom, Dick and Harry; but all three failed.

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Accession Number
ART34781.025
Artist
Flight Lieutenant Albert Comber
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink. brush and wash, pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 26.6 cm x 36.8 cm
Medium
pen and ink, brush and ink wash, pencil on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the artist 1945
Copyright
AWM copyright

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