PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY, Prisoners of War. Second World War, circa...

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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY, Prisoners of War. Second World War, circa 1939-46. Approximately 71 black and white photographs by Planet News, Associated Press and other Fleet Street agencies, printed captions to the reverse. Sizes ranging from 16.5cm x 12cm up to 24cm x 18cm Examples include: • Inmates at Prisoner of War camps in Germany • Numerous scenes of German Prisoners of War in Britain - e.g. air-raid shelters being built, brick-making and other labour • Democracy 'Re-education' centres for German prisoners before their release • The Officers and men of the German garrison in Paris throwing away their equipment after their surrender • German U-Boat commander Horst Elfe surrendering after his vessel was sunk by HMS Hesperus • Captured 'Mongolians from South Russia' in Germany's mixed Army • Italian Prisoners • Prisoner Exchanges • Royal Navy sailors giving the 'kiss of life' to a German merchant sailor after his vessel was scuttled • Americans arresting the German Armistice Commission at Fedala • Teenage German soldiers captured in Frankenthal and much more (approximately 71)