P02071.014 Accession Number: P02071.014

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Leather shoes and purses featured in an exhibition of some of the arts and crafts created by allied prisoners of war (POWs) at Fort 15, Stalag XXa. This German prisoner of war (POW) and internment camp was in a series of semi underground forts built in the 1880s on the Vistula River. Prisoners included men of the 2/5th Australian General Hospital (AGH) who were captured in Greece after they were ordered to remain behind to treat wounded allied POWs following the evacuation.

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Accession Number
P02071.014
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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