Objects of internment by

yuhasmlo118 — 2025-11-23 13:12:24 UTC

Clever POW made a radio, and hid it in his canteen! Most likely from WWII, as this U.S. -style canteen did not come into service until after the First World War

POW Camp Newsbook

2025-11-26 09:42:43 UTC

This is an image taken from the Book Boldness Be My Friend by Richard Pape an RAF Bomb aimer who was shot down in 1941 and imprisoned in Stalag Luft VI. Richard Pape a former newspaper journalist on the Yorkshire Post created this camp newsbook both as a past time and to keep up the morale of his fellow prisoners a significant number of whom were fellow Yorkshiremen hence the White Rose Club.

yuhasmlo118 — 2025-11-26 11:04:01 UTC

Stunning WWI-era carving features man and woman wearing expensive clothing
Experts say several different carving techniques were used to create the scene
It's thought the couple in the scene represents the soldier and his sweetheart

Description of POW Cookware

davidrawsthornt21 — 2025-11-26 12:40:34 UTC

From Boldness Be My Friend by Richard Pape. Unfortunately no images available.

Jennefer Davidson's first shoes

2025-11-26 13:47:59 UTC

These shoes were made out of scraps of material Daphne Davidson found for her daughter Jennefer, born in Changi Jail in 1942. James Davidson was also in the jail, but the family was split up as women and children were separated from men. 2800 civilians were housed in Changi Jail, which was built to house 600 prisoners, and conditions were extremely harsh. Only a limited number of parcels sent by the Red Cross were received by internees there, and malnutrition and malaria were rife.

2025-11-26 18:57:31 UTC

The hat on the left is a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) Pith helmet. Worn by prison guards at the Hoa Lo Prison known as the Hanoi Hilton by American military prisoners during the Vietnam War. The one on the left is Russian headgear worn by the Russian Army and also by Russian prison guards in the Gulag prison system.