circular letter
InventarnummerM2003/027:004
Titelcircular letter
BeschreibungCircular from Field Marshal B. Montgomery to the troops of 21 Army Group in Holland, February 1945.
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.
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.
EntstehungsortHolland
Datum 1945-02
SchlagwortHolocaust, P.O.W. camps
Objektbezeichnungofficial correspondence
Materialpaper
Format
- width: 215.00 mm
height: 300.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith