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An interesting and important collection of World War II…
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Auckland
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29-Nov-2010
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An interesting and important collection of World War II correspondence from a New Zealand prisoner of war, Phillip Christian, to his family. Christian was taken prisoner in north Africa and sent to Italy. In March 1944 he was moved from Italy to Stalag 357 in Germany. This camp was the scene of some mistreatment by the Germans of the Allies in apparent response to what they considered to be ill-treatment of German POWs from Egypt, the camp was also the first one to be liberated by the Allies as they advanced into Germany in 1945. In Christian's late December 1944 letter, just a few months before his liberation (but some two years or more since being taken Pow) he talks of what life might be after being released and States that he would like to live a quiet rustic life as a farmer
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Militaria & Weapons: Ephemera