AWM Collection Record: ART34781.012
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ID Number: | ART34781.012 |
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| Title: | It looked harmless enough until - Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany | ||
| Maker: | Comber, A H; alpha lithograph | ||
| Object type: | Drawing | ||
| Place made: | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London; United Kingdom: England, Shropshire | ||
| Date made: | 1945 | ||
| Physical description: | pen and ink, brush and wash, pencil on paper | ||
| Measurements: | sheet: 29 x 39.2 cm; image: 23.1 x 30 cm (irreg.) | ||
| Summary: | Three officers seated in a room within the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III. The stove conceals the hole leading to the tunnel. 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. | ||
| Copyright: | AWM copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Prisoners of war; Tunnels | ||
| Related place: | Germany | ||
| Related conflict: | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Last-Modified: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:30:39 GMT
