Tag: Prisoners of war Records and researchLife and death in Hong Kong during the Second World WarThursday 8 February 2024Now catalogued and searchable by name, this series of nominal cards highlight the experiences...Records and researchInternational Volunteer Day 2023: The work that inspired Great EscapesTuesday 5 December 2023International Volunteer Day is the perfect time to celebrate the efforts that inspired our...Archives and archivistsCatalogue Week 2023Monday 27 November 2023Our annual celebration of cataloguing initiatives at The National Archives, Catalogue Week, is here!...Records and researchMen of Harlech: The Secret CommandosThursday 3 August 2023A look at X Troop, formed of German-speaking, mostly Jewish refugees...Records and researchLeaving the Italian prisoner of war camp FontanellatoWednesday 7 June 2023How prisoners of war escaped from Italy following the Italian armistice of September 1943....Behind the scenes‘For you, my friend, the war is over’: cataloguing 200,000 prisoner of war recordsMonday 13 March 2023National Archives volunteers have completed a major project to catalogue the personnel cards of...Records and researchRemembering the Gross-Rosen concentration campThursday 26 January 2023Friday 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day. Together, we remember the millions of victims...Records and researchSurviving the stalagWednesday 1 June 2022Any soldier, airman or sailor captured by the Germans during the Second World War...Records and researchOne positive outcome from a terrible disasterThursday 7 April 2022This is the latest in a series of blogs to promote the work of...Records and researchRoyal Patriotic School: Interrogation of civilians arriving in UK from abroadFriday 3 December 2021From May 1940 British officials started interviewing foreign nationals or refugees arriving at British...Records and researchForgotten victims of war: Black merchant seamen interned in the Second World WarFriday 29 October 2021To mark the end of Black History Month I would like to share with...Records and researchEscape from ColditzTuesday 29 September 2020The location of Colditz Castle, situated on a steep conical hill above the River... 1 2 »