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A painting of a watch tower by Dutch artist Wiem Van der Hoof A painting showing living conditions inside a barrack hut, by Dutch artist Wiem Van der Hoof A scene outside a barrack hut, painted by Dutch artist Wiem Van der Hoof A painting of a prisoner, Gareth Prytherch, by Dutch artist Wiem Van der Hoof A drawing of the main gate by a Dutch prisoner of war

A drawing of a guard tower by a Dutch prisoner of war A drawing of the swimming pool by a Dutch prisoner of war A drawing of barrack huts by a Dutch prisoner of war A drawing of prisoners inside a hut by a Dutch prisoner of war A drawing of a typical hut interior

A card advertising New Year's Eve celebrations, 31st December 1944 A cigarette case made from Red Cross tins Two sketches of Hut 24a A sketch of a hut

Art

 

A Communion Set in the Dutch church A Roman Catholic "Prayer for the Prisoners" leaflet A Roman Catholic "Prayer for the Prisoners" leaflet A Roman Catholic "Prayer for the Prisoners" leaflet

Religion

 

The graves of men who died in IVB The graves of Allied soldiers at Neuburzdorf The funeral of a prisoner German guards fire a salute at the funeral of a prisoner A service to remember fallen comrades

The funeral of a Dutch soldier The funeral of a Dutch soldier A post-war funeral The French remember their dead on All Soul's Day Preparing a monument to remember those who died in Stalag IVB

The funeral of an unknown British soldier

Graves

 

The last German Appel before the liberation Allied flags surround the gate of Stalag IVB after the liberation A Russian ambulance at Stalag IVB after the liberation

Liberation

 

With the war over, Dutch prisoners leave Stalag IVB for their homes After liberation, Dutch prisoners wait to go home Almost home after the War, Dutch prisoners wait at Weert railway station Dutch prisoners in Weert after the war, on the final leg of their journey home

Repatriation

 

Plan of Stalag IVB An impression of Stalag IVB from the air From Stalag IVB A postcard from William Kennedy, dated 26th September 1944 "The Camp", 17th September 1944

Rishel White's POW ID tag The POW identity card of John Daly "The New Times", published in Stalag IVB, November 1944 The IVB Ex-Prisoner of War Association

Documents

 

The foundations of a hut at Stalag IVB The remains of the latrine block The remains of the swimming pool

Stalag IVB today

 

The programme for the 1969 reunion The programme for the 1971 reunion The programme for the 1974 reunion The programme for the 1995 reunion, marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Stalag IVB A sketch from a reunion programme

Reunions

 

The original camp radio being used in 1983

Miscellaneous

 

Possibly taken in Stalag IVB Possibly taken in Stalag IVB Possibly Stalag IVB guards Possibly Stalag IVB guards Possibly Stalag IVB guards

Possibly taken in Stalag IVB