Title	The Front Door
Description	This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the interior of a POW barrack. A row of doors can be seen. Mitchener has written, "On the left - the 'little girls' room' - as you enter...The Front Door. The hall is swept, at least once per week- Rumor has it daily - On Saturday the brass gives us a once over - following a fanfare of polishing and scrubbing."
Historical note	Mitchener was shot down and captured as a POW during World War II after a bombing mission in Germany. Each compound at Stalag Luft III (there were five) contained around a dozen barracks called blocks, a cookhouse, a shower building, a laundry, a theater and a chapel building. A barracks building housed about 150 men. There were about twelve to fifteen sleeping rooms in each barrack, which were furnished with benches, lockers, a table, and double or triple bunk beds. Conditions were inadequate.
Date	1944-1945
Creator	Mitchener, Hardy A., 1919-1957
Place	Żagań (Poland)
Collection name	Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal, 1944-1945
Accession #	THS 760
Subjects - LCSH	World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe; Prisoners of war; Diaries
Subjects - TGM	Barbed wire Barracks Rooms & spaces Doors & doorways
Owning Institution	Tennessee Historical Society
ID #	33592
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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