TRANSLATION BY THE LONDON DELEGATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS COMMITTEE (Germany)

STALAG VII B

visited by Drs. Rossel & Lehner on the 18th April 1944

Strength

        3 British       )

        3 Americans ) at the lazaret

                There are no British or American prisoners at the Main Camp.

Medical Attention

        The doctors are all young doctors of a nationality other than British, who arrived several months ago.

        The general state of health is good, no epidemics have occurred. There are enough drugs.

        The rooms and the installations of the lazaret are excellent; they fill the requirements of a modern hospital and the doctors have no requests to make in regard thereto.

Dental Attention

        This is good. The amount of work done is enormous. The German authorities will do all they can to allocate another dentist to this camp.

Correspondence

        The usual distribution of correspondence forms takes place. Delays in the transmission of letters and parcels are continuous.

        The three Americans and the three British who are being cared for in the lazaret are deprived of everything. If possible they should be sent complete battledresses and sets of underclothing. They have received no parcels addressed to them individually; all they receive by way of parcels, and those given to them by the Camp Leader of a different nationality from their own.

The British are:

        Prisoner  Edwin Elworthin, No 123242 VII A

        Family  Mr. Elworthin,

                    14 rue Hoster Rood

                    Southbown, England

        Prisoner  John Anderson, No. 123241 VII A

        Family  Mme Anderson,

                    2/94 Staahrstreet

                    Springhill

        Prisoner  Raymond Harvey No 14632987

        Family  Mme. Harvey

                    2, The Bank, Lodiwell

                    South Devon, England

                Translator's note  These addresses being obviously incorrect were verified on P/W Index of B.R.C.S. and the correct versions are given at end of this report.

Americans

        Prisoner  Michael Petrusko, No. 35771053

        Family  Mr. Petrusko

                    45, Westreinstreet

                    New Jersey, U.S.A.

        Prisoner  Edward Noreen, No. 37556895

        Family  Mr. H. Noreen,

                    Bayport,

                    Minnesota, U.S.A.

        Prisoner  Walter Morris, No. 31300594

        Family  Mr. Morris

                    Cleyde Avenue, R.F.D.,

                    Massachusetts.

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Correct addresses of British prisoners of war mentioned earlier in this Report.

Prisoner  Edwin Donald Elsworthy, No 123242

Family  Mr. Elsworthy, 14 Hoster Road, Southbourne, England

Prisoner  John Anderson, No. 132241

Family  (Wife) Mrs. Anderson, c/o Smith, 129 Thistle Street, Glasgow, C.5. (Presumably the address given is his Mother's. not known if correct but seems an unlikely English Street name).

Prisoner  Raymond Harvey No 14632987

Family  2, The Bank, Loddiswell, Devon, England.