Arrival of German exchange-prisoners in Spain, 1943

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Severely wounded German prisoners reach the port of Barcelona as part of a prisoner exchange program between Germany and Great Britain. The returnees were welcomed by the Spanish Falange organizations, the Spanish Women's Organisation and the local branch of the NSDAP. Here the soldiers are leaving the ships. According to the uniforms they are members of the Afrika Korps.

Photographer:

Scherl

Date:

05.11.1943

Location:

Spain, Barcelona

Image ID:

00385070

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3253px x 4953px

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Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Historical archives

From collection:

Second World War: German Prisoners of War held in captivity by Western Allies

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Keywords:

EPW Germany Nazi Germany P/W POW PW PsW Second World War Third Reich WP WW II Wehrmacht World War II capitulation captives confinement defeat detention imprisonment incarceration internees internment landser prisoner of war soldier soldiers surrender surrendered surrendering war captivity war unrest conflicts historical 2nd world war Allies Nazi Nazi period Nazi state Nazism PoW WW2 WWII Western Allied Forces camp capitulating captivity caught faithful prisoner exchange prisoners prisoners of war

Headline:

Arrival of German exchange-prisoners in Spain, 1943

Date:

05.11.1943

Photographer:

Scherl

Image ID:

00385070