Eden Camp, Yorkshire: Prisoners of War! [PLUS POWERFUL Anti-War Message]
A museum dedicated to the POWs and those who managed them during WW2 and thereafter
This is a very interesting side of the conflict in World War II, highlighting the prisoners kept on British soil.
The whole site has a plethora of information and military hardware, that makes it a great day out.
The huts have been re-equipped to tell the story of The People’s War, the social history of life in Britain from 1939 to 1945. So many Museums simply display exhibits in cabinets and are dull affairs, but not Eden Camp. Realistic tableaux, with moving figures, authentic sounds and smells have been created to “transport you back in time”.
The way the camp is laid out, showing all the buildings and what they were used for, is very interesting.
I didn't get to show exactly what the prisoners made during their time here due to the dark lighting in the exhibits, but rest assured, it was pretty amazing.
At its peak, Eden Camp’s 45 huts were supplemented by a large area of tented accommodation and could house around 1200 prisoners at any one time. The Italian prisoners gave way to German POW in the summer of 1944, with the successful Allied invasion of Normandy. The German prisoners, like the Italians before them, were mainly put to work locally in agriculture and they lived in the huts at Eden Camp until 1948, when they were finally released, 3 years after the war had ended.
You can find out more by visiting
edencamp.co.uk/
Photos at the end where care of Eden Camp.
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