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==Prisoners of War and Internees==
 
  
The [http://www.icrc.org/eng International Committee of the Red Cross] in Geneva keeps lists of all known POWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Enquiries concerning these lists should be directed to:
 
 
Archives Division and Research Service<br>
 
International Committee of the Red Cross<br>
 
19 Avenue de la Paix,<br>
 
Geneva CH-1202,<br>
 
Switzerland
 
 
Email: archives.gva@icrc.org
 
 
 
*[http://www.kriegsgefangen.de/ The German Prisoners of World War 2]
 
 
*[http://www.merkki.com/index.htm WW2 Prisoners of War: Stalag Luft I ]
 
 
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Behind the Wire. POW 1914-1918]
 
 
*[http://www.cowraregion.com.au/home/2292/POW_Camp_Info.pdf Cowra prisoner of war campsite]
 
 
*[http://www.cofepow.org.uk/ COFEPOW ~ The Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War]
 
 
*[http://34thdivdeathcasualties.homestead.com/files/POW_109MED.htm Prisoners of War 109TH Medical Battalion (1942 - 1945) WW2 & Beyond]
 
 
*[http://www.holocaust-history.org/ The Holocaust History Project]
 
 
*[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals]
 
 
 
 
Book: '''Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945'''
 
 
That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in
 
Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each
 
POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and
 
regiment/corps.
 
 
It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk (cost £38) ISBN 0-903754-61-
 
  
  

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