PRISONERS OF WAR

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVI, Issue 23012, 2 October 1944, Page 4

PRISONERS OF WAR

Reports On German Camps (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 30. Of 7000 prisoners in Stalag XIB. 240 were New Zealanders, states a report of the International Red Cross. The camp made a good impression. The barracks were well ventilated, with sufficient space between buildings. Regulation rations were issued, and food parcels were controlled by camp representatives'. There were facilities for cooking individual food supplies. Clothing had had very hard wear, and the British camp representative han asked for large stocks to be sent to Geneva. There was a large sports ground, but theatre and library facilities seemed rather inadequate. The report on Stalag XXA, at which there were 68 New Zealanders at the time of the delegates’ visit, showed a generally poor standard of -health. Padres were permitted to visit the work detachments. Discipline gener ally had been tightened up. The New Zealand High Commissioner in London has learned that the information concerning the transfer o: war prisoners from Stalag 357 to 350 was incorrect. Prisoners from Stalag 357 have been moved from Thom, in Poland, to Oerbke, near Fallingbostel. It is assumed that the camp number is unchanged, and correspondence should be addressed to Stalag 357 unless communication from a prisoner give another address.