WHAT GERMANS ALLOW
A list of the articles which the Ger man authorities permit to be included in parcels sent to prisoners of war in Germany has been received by the parents of Second-Lieutenant D. C. Bailey. Otahuhu, who advised them in a letter received last week that he is now in a German camp. The list also gives notes on how prisoners' relatives should conduct their correspondence.
The information is contained in a typewritten sheet issued by the camp commandant and is headed: “Notes for'P.O.W., for transmission to rela fives.” The circular is for enclosure with letters sent by prisoners, and is dated June 24. Lieutenant Bailey’s otter was written on June 25.
rhe notes instruct relatives not to mention “forbidden subjects,” to keep letters short, and not to put them in parcels. Parcels are permitted to con tain ' clothing and underwear dis tinctive from civilian clothing, foot wear, food, and “similar things”; to bacep. cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, toilet requisites (excepting hair lotion, mouth wash, tooth paste, and per fumes), games, cards and books.
Among the articles prohibited are torches, cigarette lighters, candles, medicaments of any kind, vaseline, ammonia, boot polish, fruit juices, cigarette tips and papers, note books, writing, paper, postcards and newspapers..
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 88, 5 September 1941, Page 7
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206WHAT GERMANS ALLOW Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 88, 5 September 1941, Page 7
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