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Barbed wire and floodlights bar the way to, Here is the Northern Ontario prison camp from which Lieut
Barbed wire and floodlights bar the way to, Here is the Northern Ontario prison camp from which Lieut

Barbed wire and floodlights bar the way to, Here is the Northern Ontario prison camp from which Lieut

Date8/21/1940
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Original Toronto Star caption: Barbed wire and floodlights bar the way to; Here is the Northern Ontario prison camp from which Lieut. Werner Koche; German naval officer; escaped oMnday by means of a tunnel passing from the cookhouse underneath the barbed-wire fences. Sitting inside the compound are a number of Koche's fellow-prisoners. The camp is situated beside a lake; and was formerly a hospital; unused for several years until pressed into service to receive the prisoners from overseas.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019130F