Germans evacuated a camp as typhoid raged, leaving 1,000 prisoners to fend for themselves.
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A plainspoken look at prisoner-of-war camp conditions, from improvised comforts to creepy-crawly mattresses.
The episode treats prisoner-of-war camp conditions with a steady, unvarnished eye. It brings out how long five wartime years can feel, and how prisoners made do with crowded floors, beds stacked deep, and rooms patched together with wallpaper, deck chairs, tablecloths, and…
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You want POW camp history that stays sharp, dry, and unsettling, without losing the human clutter.
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