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Watten Prisoner of War Camp Newsletter, c.1948

Watten Prisoner of War Camp operated from 1943 until 1948. Several thousand ordinary prisoners were placed there, and they were allowed out to work on local farms.  But a separate, top secret part of the camp housed hard line Nazi prisoners, referred to as “Black POWs”, who were subjected to an intense programme of de-Nazification before being released.

This is a page from the camp newsletter, “Unser Lager” (“Our Camp”), which was written in German and featured articles and sketches by the prisoners themselves. The drawing is of Wick High Street.