Private J. D. Caves: The Long Journey Home
24 September 1944 Stalag VIIIB, Teschen, Germany
My Dear Mum & Dad,
There'll undoubtedly be many changes at home now - we hear yarns of this and that but no confirmation. I guess you are not allowed to write of many things. Anyway I'll soon be seeing for myself - we are expecting happy news any tick of the clock.
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American poster of German POW camps showing Stalag XVIIC Markt Pongau in central Austria, Stalag 344 Lamsdorf in South-eastern Germany (this area of Silesia has been part of Poland since 1945) and Stalag VIIIB Teschen on the modern Czech-Polish border. This map omits Stalag VIIIA Görlitz which was south of Stalag VIIIC Sagan.
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POWs in Germany were restricted to post card correspondence home. Denis wrote this card from Commando E728 at Oderburg.
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New Zealand Military Forces Base Records relay message heard over shortwave radio in Berlin.