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Camp 18, POW camp at Featherstone Castle

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Here is the memorial

camp 18 featherstone castle

Here was the entrance to POW camp 18 where thousands of German officers were held in the 
years 1945 - 48.
The interpreter since January 1946 was Captain Herbert Sulzbach O.B.E. who dedicated
 himself to making
this camp a seed bed of British German reconciliation.
Our two nations owe hm a heart felt thanks. The friends and members of the 
Featherstone Park Association of Former Inmates of Camp 18, 1982.
Apart from the gateposts there is virtually nothing left...could be that the 
river North Tyne has eroded it
all away. See this picture with the road undercut.

this is the nearby weir - a popular fishing spot.

and here is the castle

Written by Vicky

September 26, 2011 at 3:01 pm

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