Underwood
“ The terms of the Geneva Convention stipulated that prisoner’s should not be subjected to work whilst in captivity, however given the choice many German prisoners chose to work rather than sit around the camps doing nothing, those that chose to work in Underwood, worked the many fields, either harvesting, digging ditches or repairing fences, the fenced off area was vast and allowed for produce to be grown.
There were also other activities in the Underwood camp, such as lectures, concerts..., English lessons and football during the imprisonment, life was not easy by any means, they were prisoners of war and were treated as such, after the war the Germans were assessed as to their loyalty to the Nazi ideals, and those that still remained loyal to those ideals were kept in captivity.
In April 1946, 7 German prisoners of war remained at the camp which had become popular as a training resort for the British soldiers due to the immense amount of fields and woods that surrounded the camp, the camp remained intact, with the prisoners barracks, the officers’ quarters, activity rooms, toilets and the large water tower, all surrounded by chain linked, barbed fencing.MoreLess
There were also other activities in the Underwood camp, such as lectures, concerts..., English lessons and football during the imprisonment, life was not easy by any means, they were prisoners of war and were treated as such, after the war the Germans were assessed as to their loyalty to the Nazi ideals, and those that still remained loyal to those ideals were kept in captivity.
In April 1946, 7 German prisoners of war remained at the camp which had become popular as a training resort for the British soldiers due to the immense amount of fields and woods that surrounded the camp, the camp remained intact, with the prisoners barracks, the officers’ quarters, activity rooms, toilets and the large water tower, all surrounded by chain linked, barbed fencing.MoreLess
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