POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 20
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Hand drawn diagram done on line notebook page depicting the layout of Halle prison camp
All measurements provided in cm are approximations
Row of Good Sized houses or Flats.
1 line space filled in red and labeled:
Good Class Houses
2 line spaces filled in pink and labeled:
Main road.
Wall.
Underneath those two line spaces, a red horizontal line, about 21 cm, belonging to the camp outline which contains the following
5 line spaces filled in green and labeled:
Grass.
In the last line of the 5 above, the words:
sentries beat no one allowed beyond this
A dotted horizontal line directly below the words, spanning the width of the camp here, ending at a small box about 1 cm in width and 1 line space long, filled in grey
On the following line, about 5 cm from the red line marking the left side outline, a box about 3 cm wide and 3 line spaces long filled in red and labeled:
Barn.
Beginning on the line below the start of the red Barn box and about 13 cm to right of it, a box about 4 cm in width and 6 line spaces long and filled in red, is placed centered in the path of the right side outline and labeled:
Sleeping
Rooms.
On the line directly below the line the Barn ends on, a box abutting the left side of the outline, about 8 cm in width and 3 line spaces in length, filled in red and labeled:
Canteen.
Below this box the red outline marking the left side moves in about 7 cm to the right
Beginning on the line below the end of the Sleeping Rooms box and centerd directly under it is a box about 3 cm in width and 3 line spaces in length, filled in red and labeled:
Wash House
Hospital.
Below the Wash House/Hospital box the right side's red outline moves in to the left about 2 cm, lining up with the left edge of the Washing House/Hospital box
Wire Fence
Directly below these words, in line with the end of the Wash House/Hospital box is a grey line
Beginning about 3.5 cm to the left of the right side's red outline, on the line below the one the Wash House/Hospital ends on, is an unlabeled box about 3 cm in width and 3 line spaces long
1 line below the top of this unlabeled box and about 1.5 cm to the right, a box about 16 cm wide and 1 line space long, filled in red and labeled:
Guard Room.
The end of the information included in the outline of the camp
1 line filled in pink and labeled:
Road.
HALLE.
very rough sketch from memory_.
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Hand drawn diagram done on line notebook page depicting the layout of Halle prison camp
All measurements provided in cm are approximations
Row of Good Sized houses or Flats.
1 line space filled in red and labeled:
Good Class Houses
2 line spaces filled in pink and labeled:
Main road.
Wall.
Underneath those two line spaces, a red horizontal line, about 21 cm, belonging to the camp outline which contains the following
5 line spaces filled in green and labeled:
Grass.
In the last line of the 5 above, the words:
sentries beat no one allowed beyond this
A dotted horizontal line directly below the words, spanning the width of the camp here, ending at a small box about 1 cm in width and 1 line space long, filled in grey
On the following line, about 5 cm from the red line marking the left side outline, a box about 3 cm wide and 3 line spaces long filled in red and labeled:
Barn.
Beginning on the line below the start of the red Barn box and about 13 cm to right of it, a box about 4 cm in width and 6 line spaces long and filled in red, is placed centered in the path of the right side outline and labeled:
Sleeping
Rooms.
On the line directly below the line the Barn ends on, a box abutting the left side of the outline, about 8 cm in width and 3 line spaces in length, filled in red and labeled:
Canteen.
Below this box the red outline marking the left side moves in about 7 cm to the right
Beginning on the line below the end of the Sleeping Rooms box and centerd directly under it is a box about 3 cm in width and 3 line spaces in length, filled in red and labeled:
Wash House
Hospital.
Below the Wash House/Hospital box the right side's red outline moves in to the left about 2 cm, lining up with the left edge of the Washing House/Hospital box
Wire Fence
Directly below these words, in line with the end of the Wash House/Hospital box is a grey line
Beginning about 3.5 cm to the left of the right side's red outline, on the line below the one the Wash House/Hospital ends on, is an unlabeled box about 3 cm in width and 3 line spaces long
1 line below the top of this unlabeled box and about 1.5 cm to the right, a box about 16 cm wide and 1 line space long, filled in red and labeled:
Guard Room.
The end of the information included in the outline of the camp
1 line filled in pink and labeled:
Road.
HALLE.
very rough sketch from memory_.
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Row of Good Sized houses or Flats.
Good Class Houses
Main road.
Wall.
Grass.
sentries beat no one allowed beyond this
Barn.
Sleeping Rooms.
Canteen.
Wash House
Hospital.
Wire Fence
Guard Room.
Road.
HALLE.
very rough sketch from memory_.
Description
Save description- 51.4969802||11.9688029||
Halle, Germany
Location(s)
Document location Halle, Germany
- ID
- 3963 / 243329
- Contributor
- Toby Backhouse
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