Stalag Luft 1 Photographs (original) (raw)

Barth, Germany on the edge of the Baltic Sea. The trees were outside the camp and the winters were cold.

Stalag Luft 1 POW Camp in 1944

Lt. Leslie O. Amundson (left) cooking and drying clothes from the heat of the stove. Chow time in the prison barracks. Standing behind the table is P/O Christian Nielsen, BK 6 - R 15, of the RCAF, 433 Squadron, Skipton-on-Swale.

Prison Camp barracks in 1944.

Food delivery to Stalag Luft 1. On the front of the wagon are loaves of German bread - unwrapped.
Red Cross food boxes are on the back of the wagon.

(Back L-R) Robert A. Gross, 2Lt George W. Luke, unknown, 2Lt Leonard L. Dahnke
(Front L-R) unknown, unknown, unknown, Charles McGill.

Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany in 1944
(Back L-R) unknown, 2Lt Gordon A. Ballagh, Allen Brownfelder
(Front L-R) J. "Rich", E.N. Dunlop, Jack Maye, Richard Lovell Woods

Liberation Day, May 1945
The American Flag flew over the camp and the gates were unguarded.
The Russians arrived at camp several days before the Americans.