Details on the camp construction and Tunnel "Harry" are shown HERE.

These photos were taken by an unknown POW using a camera obtained by blackmailing one of the guards.
The prisoners built an ice rink on the sportsfield/Appelplatz. The skates were provided by the YMCA, who amongst other organisations, also provided musical instrumants. Unfortunately, the YMCA didn't get the recognition that they deserved for this.
(The above photos were used as part of a 2004 exhibit on THE GREAT ESCAPE by Ben van Drogenbroek in Holland)

Ben van Drogenbroek doesn't have an e-mail address available. However, if you want to get in touch with him, please e-mail me at pporter@socal.rr.com and I will send him your message.

The following images were also part of this exhibit. Click on the individual photos to see a bigger image and some descriptive text.

The Imperial War Museum, London.
Red Cross Posters displayed at the 2005 Imperial War Museum exhibition on POW Escapes.

• Web Site dedicated to Stalagluft III
• Comemorative painting of our last trip by Don Hall,
  

  (Plus a poem by Ralph Wilson Gilbert of my old Squadron #158.
  And a poem by the surviving son of Sqdn/Ldr Skeet).

• My route to the camp.
• Camp Layout
• Notes
• Sketch of my Room
• The Caterpillar Club
• Close Friends and Comrades
• Classwork
• Escape Maps
• Christmas 1943
• Camp Money

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