Kriege Relief -- In the Dark of Night - Nuenberg
Title
Kriege Relief -- In the Dark of Night - Nuenberg
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Education Tags
US.61 American Soldiers World War II
Subjects - LCSH
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe; Prisoners of war; Diaries
Description
These two pages each have a heading - "Kriege Relief " and "In the Dark of Night - Nuenberg " but nothing has been drawn . It appears that what Mitchener calls "Nuenberg " is the city of Nuremberg in south central Germany .
Place
Zagan (Poland)
Date
1944-1945
Historical note
Mitchener was shot down and captured as a POW during World War II after a bombing mission in Germany . On the night of January 27 , 1945 , the men at Stalag Luft III were evacuated . One of the senior officers announced , "The goons have...given us 30 minutes to be at the front gate . Get your stuff together and line up. " Hitler had ordered the Luftwaffe to evacuate the prison camps that were about to be liberated by the Red Army . After a blizzard march and horrendous conditions , the men arrived in Nuremberg .
Creator
Mitchener , Hardy A. , 1919-1957
Collection name
Hardy A. Mitchener , Jr . Journal , 1944-1945
Accession #
THS 760
Owning Institution
Tennessee Historical Society
ID #
33604
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Digital type
IMAGE
Digital format
TIFF
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