Title	From any window
Description	This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows a prison guard in an elevated, wooden guardhouse, surrounded by barbed wire.
Historical note	Mitchener was shot down during World War II after a bombing mission in Germany; he was captured and sent to Stalag Luft III. Life as a POW in Germany involved hunger, cold, boredom, and overcrowded conditions. The three-story wooden sentry towers seen here were known as "Goon Boxes" and were located at the perimeter of the compounds. Stalag Luft III was the site of the famous Great Escape, in which 80 POWs attempted to escape in late March 1944; Hitler later ordered the execution of 50 escapees.
Date	1944-1945
Place	Zagan (Poland)
Creator	Mitchener, Hardy A., 1919-1957
Collection name	Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal, 1944-1945
Education Tags	US.61 American Soldiers World War II
Subjects - LCSH	World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe; Prisoners of war; Diaries
Subjects - TGM	Barbed wire Guards Guardhouses Stairways
Accession #	THS 760
Owning Institution	Tennessee Historical Society
ID #	33564
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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