by edencamp | Apr 23, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
A story of an Italian POW, Mr Guiseppe “Joe” Ciotoli, who was held here at Eden Camp during World War Two and after, 1946. Joe Ciotoli was an infantry man who served with the Italian Army, which surrendered to the Allies at Tunisia in May 1943. He arrived...
by edencamp | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
As a member of the German Navy, he was captured in 1944 by Canadian troops in the British Aermel Cannel Aera of France and was given over to the British Troops at Dieppe. In the summer of 1945, he stood in the POW Camp 54 Shepstow, south west of England where he...
by edencamp | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
Otto Vengele, an Eden Camp Prisoner, shares his story. When Otto Vengele heard from his friends ‘back in England’, that his previous home Eden Camp had been turned into a museum, he came back to visit in 1992. Here, he met the then General Manager, Steve...
by edencamp | Apr 2, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
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...
by edencamp | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
Prisoner of War Post | Kriegsgefangenenpost 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...
by edencamp | Mar 12, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
POWS PASSED GO AND GOT OUT OF JAIL! 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...
