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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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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019130F
Picture at upper right shows the good old-fashioned way of escape by trying to unknot a barbed wire entanglement
Picture at upper right shows the good old-fashioned way of escape by trying to unknot a barbed wire entanglement
1/10/1942
Left behind, A crowd of German prisoners lounge about the yard of a prison camp in the Sudbury area, from which an airman and a naval petty officer es(...)
Left behind, A crowd of German prisoners lounge about the yard of a prison camp in the Sudbury area, from which an airman and a naval petty officer es(...)
8/29/1940
View of camp site, Nine of 28 Nazi airmen who tunnelled out of a Northern Ontario internment camp last night have been recaptured, Col. Hubert Stethem(...)
View of camp site, Nine of 28 Nazi airmen who tunnelled out of a Northern Ontario internment camp last night have been recaptured, Col. Hubert Stethem(...)
4/19/1941
Born in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, these four Toronto teenagers look at the official record of the prison camp held in David Goldsilver, vice-p(...)
Born in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, these four Toronto teenagers look at the official record of the prison camp held in David Goldsilver, vice-p(...)
4/27/1965
Honeymooning in Vancouver five years after they were married in a Japanese prison camp are U
Honeymooning in Vancouver five years after they were married in a Japanese prison camp are U
5/1/1946
Completely Clad in Germany garb, even to the helmet, this Polish woman on guard at Haren camp is here inspecting the identity card of Driver William M(...)
Completely Clad in Germany garb, even to the helmet, this Polish woman on guard at Haren camp is here inspecting the identity card of Driver William M(...)
6/12/1945
German prisoners bade farewell to Northern Ontario this week after completing pulpwood operations in the Long Lac area
German prisoners bade farewell to Northern Ontario this week after completing pulpwood operations in the Long Lac area
6/11/1946
Since war ended Fritzsche has spent most of his time in prison and now he won't be out until 1955
Since war ended Fritzsche has spent most of his time in prison and now he won't be out until 1955
4/18/1947
Sentries are suspicious, Elaborate precautions have been taken to prevent the escape from the internment camp
Sentries are suspicious, Elaborate precautions have been taken to prevent the escape from the internment camp
1/27/1940
Each Prisoner is allowed $3 worth of coupons per month to buy ice cream and other refreshments in the canteen of the internment camp at Camp Chaffee, Ark
Each Prisoner is allowed $3 worth of coupons per month to buy ice cream and other refreshments in the canteen of the internment camp at Camp Chaffee, Ark
1/14/1943
Kananaskis by prisoners is in the Rockiest wast of Calgary, of the camps enemy aliens are interned [Incomplete]
Kananaskis by prisoners is in the Rockiest wast of Calgary, of the camps enemy aliens are interned [Incomplete]
3/12/1940
A German internee cuts the hair of a fellow prisoner in the camp barber shop
A German internee cuts the hair of a fellow prisoner in the camp barber shop
6/21/1941