Tag: Prisoners of 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...Records and researchThe British POWs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945Friday 4 September 2020When one considers the formal conclusion of the war against Japan 75 years ago,...Archives and archivistsThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Bridge on the River KwaiThursday 13 August 2020Correspondence between film companies and the War Office turns up in a number of...Archives and archivistsThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Great EscapeMonday 29 June 2020The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The...Records and researchEscape and evade: Breaking out of Occupied Europe in 1940Friday 12 June 2020Having located a map on a desk of a house in Dieppe, northern France,...Records and researchProject WO 416: Private enterpriseTuesday 24 March 2020The night of 24-25 March 2020 marks the 76th anniversary of the real Great Escape...Records and researchPrisoners of war and the Guinea Pig ClubTuesday 25 September 2018As a volunteer Friend of The National Archives I have been assisting on the...Behind the scenesOpening up our prisoner of war collectionTuesday 16 January 2018In December 2014, the Ministry of Defence transferred to The National Archives the series...Records and researchBritain’s secret war against the SovietsWednesday 19 April 2017Letters written by two young men give an extraordinary personal perspective on a forgotten... « 1 2 3 »