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Actions Displays	circular letter Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2003/027:003 Titlecircular letter DescriptionCircular/Christmas message from Field Marshal B. Montgomery to the troops of 21 Army Group in Belgium, 1944. Urging troops to carry on to the final victory. Victor M. Smith, Jewish British, joined the British Army as a private in 1939. His humane treatment of German P.O.W.s in Tobruk brought him thanks and many letters from the P.O.W.s. V.M. Smith was later in Holland with the British 21 Army Group. He emigrated to Australia, died in 1968. Production placeBelgium Production date 1944-12-25 SubjectHolocaust, P.O.W. camps Object nameofficial correspondence Materialpaper Dimensions width: 215.00 mm height: 300.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith

Object numberM2003/027:003

Titlecircular letter

DescriptionCircular/Christmas message from Field Marshal B. Montgomery to the troops of 21 Army Group in Belgium, 1944. Urging troops to carry on to the final victory. Victor M. Smith, Jewish British, joined the British Army as a private in 1939. His humane treatment of German P.O.W.s in Tobruk brought him thanks and many letters from the P.O.W.s. V.M. Smith was later in Holland with the British 21 Army Group. He emigrated to Australia, died in 1968.

Production placeBelgium

Production date 1944-12-25

SubjectHolocaust, P.O.W. camps

Object nameofficial correspondence

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith

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