Picture No | 10639967 |
Date | 1946 |
Description | German prisoners in Britain, the canteen, 1946 |
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German prisoners of war in Britain, post-World War Two, in the canteen where they may spend the token money they have earned. They are paid at the rate of 1 1/2 pence an hour. The ILN writes that the prisoners have only one real complaint - uncertainty, and that at the time of writing the British Government had not yet announced its future plans even though hostilities ceased over a year before.
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Source | Illustrated London News, 31st August 1946 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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