PRISON CAMPS
CONDITIONS IMPROVED
RUGBY, March 3. There are now no more fleas or rats in German prison camp Oflag 68, and the conditions generally are said to be better, according to a telegraphic report from the protecting Power. The War Office, in announcing this, adds that the protecting Power made representations to the German Government on features that are still unsatisfactory.
. The visit is believed to have taken place towards the end of January. The camp now contains 2276 officers and 440 orderlies. Two hundred and one senior officers have been transferred to Oflag 9A. The housing has been improved and the beds disinfected. Each prisoner had two blankets and the camp is better heated. The messing arrangements are now stated to be adequate.
A further telegram from the protecting Power states that the camp was visited on February IQ. Details of this visit are not yet reported. Three hundred R.A.F. personnel were to be transferred in February to two new camps, the names of which are not yet known. The officers transferred to Oflag 9A were to be visited on March 1.—8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1942, Page 8
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