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15th January 1945: Allied POWS held by Germany face a new ordeal as they are evacuated in sub-zero temperatures from the East

Jan 15, 2025
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A 1945 drawing by former Australian POW A H Comber of the departure from Stalag Luft III.

With the new Soviet offensive underway, the German pretence that the Eastern Front could be held quickly evaporated. After all the years of tyranny and murder, from the first Jewish ghettoes in 1940 through to the wanton destruction of the city following the 1944 Up…

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