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- Lot 148
[1940-1945] André DUMONT ET AL. - Album of original photos of camps of Belgian soldiers prisoners in Germany: Oflag VII B Eichstätt and Oflag X D Hamburg-Fischbeck. Ca 1940-1944. In-12 Italian style, 180 x 270 mm, green imitation leather, turquoise blue silk cord on the back (period binding). 154 photographs b. and bl., various sizes, captions printed on glued paper strips, some handwritten + 2 handwritten plans (19 x 28,5 cm, folding, mounted with glue paper, and 10,4 x 8 cm) in pen and ink, enhanced with watercolor, on white drawing paper, the whole mounted on grey bristol board and protected by serpents Rich testimony of daily life in two camps, Oflag VII B Eichstätt and Oflag X D Hamburg-Fischbeck. The photos with printed captions are attributed to André Dumont (ms. note at the beginning of the section on Oflag X D). Each of the two parts is preceded by a detailed plan, the first signed by M. Nicaise and dated 2/10/1941, the second by the same hand and from the same period. The photos give a broad overview of the places and living conditions: general views, buildings (Kommandantur, barracks, infirmary and dungeons, neighboring houses, etc.), rooms, facilities (gates, watchtowers, barbed wire fence, etc.), leisure activities (concert, theater, sports, swimming ...), fire drill, group and individual portraits (prisoners, some of the "Kraut" gaolers), washhouse, distribution of mail, tea, etc, gardening, various chores including digging trenches and shelters, various uses of cans, activities in the barracks, parcels, views of the plumes of smoke coming from Hamburg and Harburg in flames in the distance, liberation by the Russians, return home. Two large-format views of Colditz Castle in 1940 precede this very interesting set.
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