Hi all,
To pop my DERP cherry, i have visited this prisoner of war camp in Herts DEC 2018
Camp 116 conforms to the so-called ‘Standard’ layout, with the guards’
compound consisting of MoWP huts, while the living huts are all timber Laing huts. It used to house italian and austrian prisoner before Italy declared war to Germany.
"The Austrian and German prisoners of war were kept in a camp at Hatfield Heath and sent out daily to 'help on the land'.
Our first batch were Austrian and they were hard workers and Mum was so sorry for them she looked at their ration for the day and promptly invited them to share our food - they even ate with us.
The next lot were German and all but one of those were also polite, hard workers and they too shared our food and ate in the kitchen with us.
My biggest impression was the way they stood whenever Mum got up and would never sit until she too sat down.
Dad corresponded for some time with one of them, a Walter Scheile from Beilefeld in Germany."
https://uttlesford.moderngov.co.uk/...Nomination as an Asset of Community Value.pdf
Most of the prisoners then remained in the areas after the war and join the local population.
CAMP116 by Proxy 23, on Flickr
CAMP116 by Proxy 23, on Flickr
CAMP116 by Proxy 23, on Flickr
CAMP116 by Proxy 23, on Flickr
CAMP116 by Proxy 23, on Flickr
CAMP116 by Proxy 23, on Flickr
CAMP116 by Proxy 23, on Flickr
more on here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskLbr8Xc
To pop my DERP cherry, i have visited this prisoner of war camp in Herts DEC 2018
Camp 116 conforms to the so-called ‘Standard’ layout, with the guards’
compound consisting of MoWP huts, while the living huts are all timber Laing huts. It used to house italian and austrian prisoner before Italy declared war to Germany.
"The Austrian and German prisoners of war were kept in a camp at Hatfield Heath and sent out daily to 'help on the land'.
Our first batch were Austrian and they were hard workers and Mum was so sorry for them she looked at their ration for the day and promptly invited them to share our food - they even ate with us.
The next lot were German and all but one of those were also polite, hard workers and they too shared our food and ate in the kitchen with us.
My biggest impression was the way they stood whenever Mum got up and would never sit until she too sat down.
Dad corresponded for some time with one of them, a Walter Scheile from Beilefeld in Germany."
https://uttlesford.moderngov.co.uk/...Nomination as an Asset of Community Value.pdf
Most of the prisoners then remained in the areas after the war and join the local population.
CAMP116 by Proxy 23, on FlickrCAMP116 by Proxy 23, on FlickrCAMP116 by Proxy 23, on FlickrCAMP116 by Proxy 23, on FlickrCAMP116 by Proxy 23, on FlickrCAMP116 by Proxy 23, on FlickrCAMP116 by Proxy 23, on Flickrmore on here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskLbr8Xc
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