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#Forgotten Friday: Share A Story with Otto Vengele

9th Apr 2021

Otto Vengele, an Eden Camp Prisoner, shares his story.

• Forgotten Friday

#ForgottenFriday: Share a Story Month

2nd Apr 2021

This week’s #ForgottenFriday sees the launch of our ‘Share a Story’ month, where we bring to life some of the personal accounts we have here at Eden Camp! We will sharing written letters, photos, and stories through in different ways across our media.

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#ForgottenFriday: We’re on a Mission!

26th Mar 2021

During WW2, those captured as prisoners of war by the Allies were able to communicate with loved ones by the prisoner camp’s mail. This is a fine example of a German POW from our sister camp no. 172, the Dog & Duck in Norton-in-Malton from 76 years ago today.

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#ForgottenFriday – POW Monopoly Game

12th Mar 2021

In December 1939, three months after the start of World War Two, MI9, the branch of the secret service responsible for escape and evasion, was set up. It was the duty of all British servicemen captured by the enemy to escape if possible. It was Christopher Clayton Hutton, an MI9 intelligence officer, that came up with the Waddington project.

#ForgottenFriday: LGBTQ+ Special: Quentin Crisp

26th Feb 2021

Quentin Crisp was born Dennis Pratt on Christmas Day 1908 to an upper-class family in Surrey. During his adolescence, he realised he was attracted to the same sex and started exploring his sexuality.